LITERATURE

An original 1884 French illustrated edition of Voyages de Gulliver by Jonathan Swift, published in Paris by Garnier Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs. This 19th-century edition features numerous illustrations attributed to the renowned French artist J.-J. Grandville.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrées lointaines

• Author: Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

• Illustrations: J.-J. Grandville

• Publisher: Garnier Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs

• Place: Paris

• Year: 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV)

• Language: French

• Format: Illustrated hardcover edition

• Period: 19th-century antique book

Condition

Moderate / Acceptable — typical wear for age

• Decorative cloth binding worn with rubbing and fading

• Spine cloth shows wear and minor loss at ends

• Interior pages with foxing and age toning

• Binding intact but strained in places

• Illustrations and text appear complete

Please review all photographs carefully.

An early French edition of Emil Ludwig’s acclaimed biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, published in Paris in 1929 by Payot. This edition includes a fine series of 16 phototype portraits of Napoleon and contemporaries, printed on separate plates.

Original 1855 Paris edition of Oraisons Funèbres de Bossuet, printed by the prestigious Firmin Didot Frères, printers of the Institut de France.

This classical French literary and theological volume contains the celebrated funeral orations of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, preceded by Villemain’s essay on the art of funeral oratory and accompanied by scholarly notes by Dussault. The work concludes with selected funeral orations by Fléchier and Mascaron.

Bound in contemporary half-leather with gilt decorative spine and marbled boards. Includes engraved frontispiece portrait of Bossuet.

Condition:
– binding with expected wear and rubbing
– foxing throughout (typical for mid-19th century paper)
– structurally sound and complete

Oraisons Funèbres – Bossuet, Παρίσι 1855 (Firmin Didot)

Κλασικό γαλλικό έργο του 19ου αιώνα που περιλαμβάνει τις περίφημες επιτάφιες ομιλίες του Bossuet, συνοδευόμενο από φιλολογικά σχόλια και εισαγωγικά κείμενα. Η έκδοση του 1855 είναι από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Firmin Didot.

The first volume of Victor Hugo’s dramatic works, featuring the monumental play Cromwell. First published in 1827, Cromwell is best known for its preface, which stands as a literary manifesto of Romanticism in France.

This 1882 Parisian edition by Hachette belongs to a classical series of Hugo’s complete theatre.

Victor Hugo – Son œuvre poétique / La vie de Victor Hugo
Original French edition with WWII German POW camp censorship stamp.

This book bears an original “OFLAG 8 – Geprüft” censorship stamp, confirming that it was officially inspected and approved by German military authorities for circulation inside a German officers’ prisoner-of-war camp (Offizierslager) during World War II.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

• Author: Ernest Dupuy

• Subject: Victor Hugo – poetry & biography

• Edition: Eighth edition (Huitième édition)

• Publisher: Société Française d’Imprimerie et de Librairie

• Place: Paris

• Date: ca. 1900–1910

• Pages: 238 pages

• Language: French

Illustrated with 4 portraits of Victor Hugo (1828, 1847, 1862, 1873) and a view of Hauteville House.

WWII HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

• OFLAG = Offizierslager (German POW camps for officers)

• OFLAG VIII refers to German Military District VIII (Silesia)

• “Geprüft” = officially censored / approved

This is a documented POW-camp-used book, not a later library stamp.

Good overall condition for age. Wear to binding and boards, consistent with use. Pages complete. Original WWII censorship stamp present and clear. Please examine all photos carefully.