[VARIA LITERATURE] - Lot 176

[VARIA LITERATURE] - AZAIS (Pierre Hyacinthe): Des Compensations dans les Destinées Humaines. Paris, Garnery ; Leblanc, 1809. In-8: 3f., XVI, 335pp. Minor spotting in places. Monogrammed wet stamp. Contemporary green ½ chagrin, gilt title and fillet on smooth spine. First edition published the same year as the introductory work to the "Système Universel". Pursued during the 18 fructidor, AZAIS found refuge in the Tarbes hospital. It was here that he conceived this "system of compensations" between good and evil, a manifestation of "providential justice". Although published late, this philosophical system, approved by Napoleon, had an influence on his time: 5 editions and a special chapter in the 19th-century Grand Larousse Universel. - Précis du système universel. Paris, Eymery, 1825. In-8: VIII, 310pp, (1), contemporary ½ blue calf, gilt title and blind tooling on smooth spine, marbled edges. - SAND (George): La Mare au Diable followed by Fanchette. Bruxelles, Mémine, Cans et Cie, 1846. Small in-12, ½ marbled fawn basane with corners, smooth spine, one plate detached, spine to be restored. Gilt monogram A.H.V. on upper board. Belgian counterfeit published the same year as the most sought-after first edition of George Sand's works. - BENOIT (Pierre) : Reunion of bindings: - Koenigsmark. Paris, Cité des Livres, 1925. In-8, limited edition on Arches (no. 1408), ½ brown chagrin with corners signed STROOBANS, ribbed spine, gilt head. - Alberte. Paris, Albin Michel, 1926. In-12, printed on Montgolfier pur fil, ½ tan chagrin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head. - L'Oubliée. Paris, Albin Michel, 1922. In-12, printed on Lafuma pur fil (no. 261), ½ black chagrin with crushed corners signed LAVAUX, spine ribbed, one spine split, gilt head. - L'Atlantide. Paris, Albin Michel, 1919. In-12, ½ brown morocco with corners signed HAUSER, ribbed spine, gilt head. - Le Lac Salé. Paris, Albin-Michel, 1921. In-12, printed on pur fil Lafuma, ½ fawn chagrin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head. - Axelle. Paris, Albin Michel, 1928. In-12, author's autograph dispatch, modest dark green chagrin, ribbed spine. Set of 6 volumes.