Cartonnage & Œuvres Choisies
A curated selection of exquisite decorative cartonnage and other printed works selected for their artistry, rarity, and craftsmanship.
1850 Manuscript Poetry Ephemera in Gilt Cartonnage Box with Hand-Decorated Papers
$195.00
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An exceptional and intimate group of mid-19th-century manuscript poetry, preserved within an original gilt cartonnage box dating to 1850. The rectangle decorative box is richly adorned with hand-colored floral panels...
$175.00
A beautifully produced 19th-century French devotional volume, Heures de l’Enfance, containing religious poetry for children by Virginie Orsini. Issued by Delloye, Éditeur, this edition exemplifies the finest traditions of French...
$145.00
A beautifully produced 19th-century French volume of selected works by Arnaud Berquin issued in an exceptionally decorative publisher’s binding. Titled Œuvres Choisies, this volume gathers Berquin’s historiettes, dramas, and moral...
Contes à Ma Jeune Famille — 19th-Century French Illustrated Tales in Ornate Gilt Cartonnage
$145.00
A striking 19th-century French volume of Contes à Ma Jeune Famille, bound in richly decorated original cartonnage and illustrated throughout with engraved plates. The black cloth binding is stamped in...
$148.00
A richly illustrated 19th-century French edition of Honoré de Balzac’s Les Contes Drolatiques, one of the most visually celebrated collaborations between literature and illustration. This edition is illustrated with 425...
Degas – An Abrams Art Book with 16 Full-Color Plates | Ballet & Figure Studies
$48.00
A classic art book devoted to the work of Edgar Degas published by Abram in 1952. This volume features 15 beautiful full-color reproductions, highlighting Degas’s celebrated depictions of ballet dancers,...
$65.00
Published in Paris in September 1926, this complete issue of L’Artisan Pratique offers a remarkable snapshot of French decorative-arts design during the height of the Art Deco period. This issue...
$65.00
This original January 1922 issue of L’Artisan Pratique is a beautifully preserved example of one of France’s most important early 20th-century decorative arts journals. Issued as No. 151, this monthly...
$65.00
Original antique map of France, published in 1897 by The Century Co., New York. Rich with geographic detail, the map delineates provinces, cities, rivers, and rail lines, with subtle hand-colored...
$148.00
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Published in Tours in 1856 by A. Mame et Cie, Histoire de la Reine Blanche, Mère de Saint Louis is a beautifully produced 19th-century French historical work by Théodore Nisard,...
$165.00
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A superb example of mid-19th-century French cartonnage romantique, this 1860 edition of Vie de Sainte Thérèse was published in Tours by A. Mame et Cie, among the most celebrated French...
$165.00
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A richly decorative mid-19th-century French cartonnage romantique edition of Histoire de Bossuet, published in 1854 by A. Mame et Cie, Tours, one of the most renowned French publishers of finely...
$132.00
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A highly decorative mid-19th-century French cartonnage romantique edition of Thérèse et Léon, ou Les Jeunes Naturalistes published in Rouen in 1857 by Mégard et Cie, a noted regional French printer-publisher....
$165.00
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A richly decorative mid-19th-century French volume, La Salle d’Asile au Bord de la Mer by Ernest Fouinet, published in Tours by Ad. Mame et Cie in 1859. This edition is...
$110.00
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A stunning mid-19th-century French Catholic devotional work, Le Retour à Dieu, ou Motifs de Conversion, written by Abbé Marius Aubert and published in 1851 by Imprimerie et Librairie Ecclésiastique de...
$74.00
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A charming decorative 19th-century French cartonnage bound in vivid purple ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt and centered with a hand-colored pictorial vignette. This petite volume is titled Les Voyages du...
$325.00
A beautifully preserved 18th-century French theological work examining the doctrines of the Catholic Church in direct response to Protestant critiques. La Véritable Croyance de l’Église Catholique, et les Preuves de...