HOUSSAYE, Arsène. Voyage à ma Fenêtre. Paris: Victor Lecou [1851]. Large 8° (278 x 188mm). Frontispiece by Johannot, 10 plates by Veyrassat, Johannot, etc., original decorated paper wrappers, versos printed in colour, bound in. Blue half morocco by Dupré. FIRST EDITION. Carteret III p.297 'livre rare en belle état, recherché à juste titre'. -- Nicolas BOILEAU-DESPREAUX. Oeuvres Poétiques. Tours: Mame et fils, 1870. Large 8° (275 x 175mm). Frontispiece portrait and 20 etched illustrations by Poujoulat. Blue morocco gilt, mosaiquée with red and black onlays, red morocco gilt doublures, decorated with triple fillets and intertwining double-fillet geometrical design, red silk liners, by Mame, edges gilt. No.2 of 10 copies on papier chine of an edition of 301 copies. Provenance: Aimé Laurent; Henri Beraldi (both with morocco labels). Carteret III p.97. -- La Pleiade. Ballades, fabliaux, nouvelles et lègendes. Paris: Curmer, 1841-42. 11 works in one vol., each with separate title and pagination, including a short story by Gavarni 'Madame Acker'. Frontispiece and 72 plates by Jacque, Pauquet, Penguilly, etc., some on india paper laid down, 6 proof plates loosely inserted. Original printed paper wrappers (stitching partly broken), in half morocco chemise and slipcase. -- Jean Baptiste LOUVET DE COUVRAY. Les Aventures du Chevalier de Faublas. Paris: J.Mallet, 1842. 2 volumes. large 8° (255 x 173mm). 300 woodengravings by Baron, Francais and Nanteuil. This copy contains also (1) an original suite of 8 plates by Colin; (2) a suite of 13 plates by Chaillou, not signed; (3) A suite of 20 plates 'libres', not signed; (4) 47 woodengravings by Marckl, Staal and Baron. All these are on india paper laid down. Blue morocco gilt, panelled with outer and inner triple fillets and corner pieces of small tools, inner dentelles, by Petit, succ. de Simier. Provenance: Paul Gavault (bookplate). Carteret III p.397. And another volume A.Janvier, Le Malheurs du Pauvre. Angers: 1831 (6)