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Every La Librairie Antique listing explicitly mentions the first edition status (E.O. or 1st edition), print run, publication date (colophon), binding type (leather, parchment, gilding), format (12mo, folio, etc.), and detailed condition (foxing, dampstains, repairs if any). We provide multiple high-resolution photos. For items above 500 EUR, a provenance certificate is included when available.

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A first edition (often abbreviated E.O. in French) is the first published version of a work. Identifiers: print run statement at the front/back, colophon date, paper and format specifications, reference bibliographies (Vicaire, Carteret for French literature, Sadleir for 19th century English literature). Every listing mentions first edition status explicitly when applicable.

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Books, Comics, Magazines|Antique and Collectible Books

Jacob Böhme’s Mirror of Temporal Signatures❦ Boehme (Jacob) De Signatura Rerum (De la Signature des Choses). Miroir temporel

Press and Spanish Civil War at the Franco-Spanish border❦ presse frontière l’Indépendant Pyrénées-Orientales et la guerre civile espagnol

Sully Prudhomme’s Sonnet to Alfred de Vigny (1898)❦ PRUDHOMME (Sully) à Alfred de Vigny Sonnet 1898

Artistic legacy of a bronze dynasty❦ BRONZES BARBEDIENNE – L’oeuvre d’une dynastie des fondeurs

Exploration of Ancient Indian Text❦ Curiosa Vatsyayana KAMA-SUTRA

VICTOR HUGO TOLD BY A WITNESS OF HIS LIFE 1868❦ VICTOR HUGO RACONTE PAR UN TEMOIN DE SA VIE 1868

Decadent satire of Adoré Floupette❦ VICAIRE (Gabriel) & BEAUCLAIR (Henri) Les déliquescences d’Adoré Floupette

Tenerife Lace - DMC Collection Reference❦ Dentelle de Tenerife – Collection bibliothèque DMC Th.de Dillmont

Koenigsmark: A Rare Illustrated Edition❦ BENOI Koenigsmark ill-Falké

MAUPASSANT's La Maison Tellier (1891)❦ MAUPASSANT La Maison Tellier 1891

Boufflers’ Witty Tales in Verse and Prose❦ Boufflers, Chevalier de Contes de Boufflers 1878

Louis Capdevielle’s Pyrenean Journey❦ Louis Capdevielle Pyrénées

Art magazine with French translations (1903)❦ THE STUDIO an illustrated magazine of fine art & applied art jan. 15 1903

Franche-Comté: Soul of the Land in 1903❦ Franche-Comté l’âme du pays Riat 1903

Illustrated bird alphabet❦ Alphabet des oiseaux Hetzel illustré par Méaulles

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