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1927006395Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Wooden boards. Fine. No. 54 of 255 copies in limitation on velin pur fil Lafuma. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding with unusual wood or wood veneer boards and matching wood veneer endpapers. And leather painted "onlay" illustration mounted onto spine! 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. Light rubbing of front joint. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books
1927004618Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 1 of 12 copies to the limitation this being a presentation copy to Madame de Becque the wife of the illustrator. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding by Saulnier. 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. A few tiny specks of discoloration on the spine and very light edgewear. Otherwise clean and pristine inside. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books
1898246103Paris: Bibliotheque Artistique et Littèraire 1898. First collected edition Issue on fine paper. Frontispiece. 369; 295; 193 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in full red morocco gilt spine with raised bands Winged Nike stamped in gilt titled in gilt boards with triple fillet border original green wrappers bound in t.e.g. by Gruel. Ownership signature of dramatist Emile Augier on title of vols. I & II. Fine. First collected edition Issue on fine paper. Frontispiece. 369; 295; 193 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bibliotheque Artistique et Littèraire unknown books
1924012368Paris: Les Editions G. Cres 1924. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. VG. 2 volumes bound in three quarter dark greeen morocco over marbleized covers by Flammarion original paper covers bound-in gte ribbon marker xlv 285 2; ii 373 2 fabulous de Becque illustrations and decorations in an Art-Nouveau style printed in salmon creme and black. With a portrait of Fontaine after Troy engraved by Paul Baudier. Dark green leather gone more to dark brown at spine and some modest wear. Internals as new. Les Editions G. Cres hardcover books
