{"id":85952,"date":"2025-04-18T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T08:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/?p=85952"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T08:50:02","slug":"what-are-first-editions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/what-are-first-editions\/","title":{"rendered":"What are first editions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"85952\" class=\"elementor elementor-85952 elementor-85907\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c4f68b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c4f68b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8782546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8782546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>First editions <\/strong>hold a special fascination for literature lovers and bibliophiles. But what exactly is meant by this term? <\/p><p>Is it always a limited edition? Why are these copies so sought-after? <\/p><p>At<strong> Librairie Clavreuil,<\/strong> we are committed to promoting the first appearances of a work in the world of books.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4c8748 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4c8748\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95ee3b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95ee3b1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0298a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0298a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>A bibliographical definition<\/h2><p> A <strong>first edition <\/strong>is the first time a text is published, often in book form, by a publisher. It is the <strong>version<\/strong> of the work validated or proofread by the author, and is sometimes modified in future editions. <\/p><p>It may be printed in <strong>only a few dozen copies<\/strong>, or be more widely distributed. It marks the moment when the author offers his work to his readership for the first time. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efbbdac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efbbdac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb7661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ccb7661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gustave-flaubert-madame-bovary-moeurs-de-province-9765-67c2de86b9749.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-84342\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gustave-flaubert-madame-bovary-moeurs-de-province-9765-67c2de86b9749.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gustave-flaubert-madame-bovary-moeurs-de-province-9765-67c2de86b9749-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gustave-flaubert-madame-bovary-moeurs-de-province-9765-67c2de86b9749-300x436.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2372a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc2372a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c923c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21c923c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c78f45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c78f45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MONTAIGNE_Essais_1595-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13961\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MONTAIGNE_Essais_1595-2.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MONTAIGNE_Essais_1595-2-300x453.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MONTAIGNE_Essais_1595-2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3252a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3252a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f016a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42f016a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Why collect first editions?<\/h2><p>Every first edition carries with it a piece of literary history: <strong>a text&#8217;s first encounter with the world<\/strong>. They allow us to read a work in its original form, without subsequent corrections or editorial additions. <\/p><p>It also has an affective dimension: that of <em>holding in your hands the same object as the original reader.<\/em><\/p><p>These copies are sometimes enriched with an <strong>autograph inscription<\/strong>, an annotation or a prestigious provenance.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s why some first editions become highly coveted objects, by collectors and institutions alike.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9748849 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9748849\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d228b65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d228b65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11182aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11182aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Some examples of sought-after first editions<\/h2><p>At Librairie Clavreuil, we sell first editions such as :<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/baudelaire-charles-les-fleurs-du-mal-2\/\"><strong>Les Fleurs du Mal<\/strong><\/a> by Baudelaire (1857)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/flaubert-gustave-madame-bovary-moeurs-de-province-2\/\"><strong>Madame Bovary<\/strong><\/a> by Flaubert (1857)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/la-perouse-jean-francois-de-galaup-voyage-autour-du-monde-publie-conformement-au-decret-du-22-avril-1791-et-redige-par-m-louis-antoine-milet-mureau\/\"><strong>Voyage autour du monde<\/strong> by<\/a>La P\u00e9rouse (1797)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/de-la-psychose-paranoiaque-dans-ses-rapports-avec-la-personnalite-jacques-lacan\/\"><strong>De la psychose parano\u00efaque<\/strong><\/a> by Lacan (1932)<\/li><\/ul><p>Each of these editions is unique: not only for its text, but also for its copy, binding and reading marks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d457dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d457dd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c408c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59c408c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" 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100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d42a9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d42a9f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1679f26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1679f26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>How to recognize a first edition?<\/h2>\nIdentifying a first edition requires a good knowledge of editorial practices, the publication context and printing references. This often involves : \n\n<ul>\n  <li>Printing date and publisher;<\/li>\n  <li>No mention of \u201cnew edition\u201d or \u201creprint\u201d;<\/li>\n  <li>Any possible errors corrected in the following editions ;<\/li>\n  <li>Deluxe copies or large ones on different paper (vellum, japon, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nThis is why the bookseller&#8217;s eye remains indispensable for authenticating a first edition.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5f7746 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f5f7746\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695cb21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"695cb21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Why should you buy a first edition today?<\/h2><p> Buying a first edition means establishing an intimate link with the history of a text.<\/p><p>It also means passing on, collecting or offering a <strong>fragment of literary memory<\/strong>.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcda Discover our selection of first editions here :<br>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/all-our-books\/?filters=product_tag[1450]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antiquarian books for sale<\/a><\/p><p>\ud83d\udce9 For specific searches or valuations :<br>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/contact-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First editions hold a special fascination for literature lovers and bibliophiles. 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