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1885288670London: Vizetelly & Co 1885. hardcover. very good. Prudhon Baron Gerard and Philippe d'Orleans. Translated from the Greek. Illustrated with copper-plate engravings after designs by Prudhon Baron Gerard and Philippe d'Orleans. xii 155 pages. 8vo handsomely rebound by Morrell in 3/4 brown polished calf with ornate gilt-decorated spine; lightly worn at extremities. London: Vizetelly & Co no date circa 1885. A very good copy with charming ownership bookplate.<br/><br/> Vizetelly & Co unknown books
1889141595Paris, A. Quantin 1889 13 volumes. In-8 14,5 x 9,5 cm. Reliures demi-basane fauve marbrée, filets dorés, dos à nerfs, têtes dorées, couvertures conservées, 211-138-206-135-209-124-135-119-111-220-192-203-85 pp., notices bibliographiques, notices artistiques. Tous les textes sont dans des encadrements, Les tirages des vignettes d'illustrations parfois en chromolithographies sont splendides.Ex-libris Auguste Heriot.
187266379Reliure plein maroquin bleu canard. Dos à nerfs finement orné de fleurettes et caissons dorés. Triple filets dorés sur les plats. Double filets dorés sur les coupes. Guirlande florale et double filets et roulette dorée intérieure et date dorée en queue. Toutes tranches dorées. Couverture et dos conservés. Reliure signée LORTIC Fils. Compositions d'Emile LÉVY, gravées à l'eau-forte par Flameng. Les dessins sur bois de Giacomelli ont été gravés par Rouget et Sargent. Petites rousseurs sur les marges.
1890352173Paris: Librairie Artistique H. Launette et Cie Éditeurs-G. Boudet Succr 197 Boulevard Saint-Germain 1890. One of 1000 copies on papier vélin de cuve des papeteries du Marais numéroté n° 980. VIII 190PP. 8vo. Contemporary half brown morocco and marbled boards red and green leather spine labels original wrappers bound in. Very good some foxing. One of 1000 copies on papier vélin de cuve des papeteries du Marais numéroté n° 980. VIII 190PP. 8vo. Librairie Artistique H. Launette et Cie, Éditeurs-G. Boudet, Succr 197, Boulevard Saint-Germain unknown
189055885Gravées à l'eau-forte par Champollion, préface de Jules Claretie, un des 1000 exemplaires sur papier vélin de cuve des papeteries du Marais numéroté (n° 808), 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-maroquin à coins vert, dos avec motif floral mosaïqué, tête dorée, couvertures conservée, reliure signée de A. Cuzin, Librairie Artistique H. Launette et Cie, G. Boudet Succr., 1890, 2 ff., VIII-190 pp., 4 ff. n. ch.
18961912Paris: Societe Des Beaux Arts 1896. First edition. First edition. Limited to 20 Copies 9 for America. This one lettered "B." Large thick quarto. Superb dark green morocco with ornate inlaid morocco decorative covers heavily gilt front and back covers as well as spine. Large ornately gilt inner dentelles with inlaid color oval illustrations matching image on preliminary pages four separate pages one color three tinted; 166pp with superb engravings throughout many whole-page some in tint by Raphael Collin. Printed on thick Japan Vellum with tissue guards throughout. Binding in near fine condition except for the joints at the spine which are worn due to large weight of covers. The front cover quite weakened. In need of small repair to make this a highly desirable item. <br/><br/> Societe Des Beaux Arts hardcover books
18961912Paris: Societe Des Beaux Arts 1896. First edition. First edition. Limited to 20 Copies 9 for America. This one lettered “B.†Large thick quarto. Superb dark green morocco with ornate inlaid morocco decorative covers heavily gilt front and back covers as well as spine. Large ornately gilt inner dentelles with inlaid color oval illustrations matching image on preliminary pages four separate pages one color three tinted; 166pp with superb engravings throughout many whole-page some in tint by Raphael Collin. Printed on thick Japan Vellum with tissue guards throughout. Binding in near fine condition except for the joints at the spine which are worn due to large weight of covers. The front cover quite weakened. In need of small repair to make this a highly desirable item. Societe Des Beaux Arts unknown
1890ST20732Paris: H. Launette et Cie 1890. No. 196 of 1000 copies and 100 Large Paper Copies with the etchings in multiple states. 255 x 165 mm. 10 x 6 1/2". 3 p.l. viii 190 pp. 3 leaves.Translated into French by Jacques Amyot. <br/> LOVELY DARK BLUE MOROCCO GILT BY CAPTAIN GLADSTONE stamp-signed C. E. G. on front dentelle covers divided into multiple compartments that at center a lobed mandorla all of the compartments densely gilt the inner compartments with swirls of leafy branches on a dotted background the others diapered by diagonal gilt fillets into lozenge-shaped compartments containing a single gilt dot smooth spine covered with leafy branches gilt lettering wide inner dentelles with sprays of leafy branches green silk pastedowns and endleaves top edge gilt imperceptible repair at top of spine. With 12 full-page etchings and 29 in-text illustrations by Champollion after the designs of Raphaël Collin. Ray "French" p. 377. Spine just faintly sunned though difficult to see with all its gilt occasional very minor foxing otherwise a fine copy clean and fresh internally with vast margins in a well-preserved binding bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> A unique combination of decadence and sweet innocence Longus' charming pastoral novel appears here with a series of engravings that were considered to be some of the most attractive of the period and in an impressive binding that emphasizes its pastoral setting and that has an origin clouded with mystery. Ray says that in a survey conducted in 1895 our "Daphnis et Chloé" with the Collin engravings came in fourth in a poll to determine the 10 most successful modern French illustrated books. Our edition uses the popular translation of Jacques Amyot 1513-93 first printed in 1559 and always recognized for its graceful style. Naval Commander Charles Elsden Gladstone 1855-1919 or "Captain Gladstone" as he is commonly called was an English bookbinder of great technical skill working in the late 19th Century but no one seems to know how or by whom he was trained. We know he had many hobbies including microscopy and optical magic lanterns per family accounts suggesting a curious mind and attention to detail both useful in bookbinding. Although testimony from the period indicates that Gladstone personally bound his books there are no known contemporaneous i.e. 1880-1910 exhibitions or auction records of the sale of any of his bindings and no information exists about his being an apprentice. Since the degree of complexity and beauty of his bindings--clearly in evidence here--is extraordinary one wonders if he did in fact personally bind the books. Yes he could have been a self-taught genius binding for his own pleasure but it is not inconceivable that he commissioned someone like Alfred de Sauty as finisher requiring that his own initials always be placed on the dentelles. Regardless of their origin Captain Gladstone bindings are exquisitely crafted filled with lovely all-over gilt-tooled work and characterized by innovative design features. Whoever produced them they are among the best to be found in England around the turn of the century. H. Launette et Cie unknown
18931276951893. LAWRENCE T.E. LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe: A Most Sweet and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies. London: Vale Press 1893. Quarto contemporary full black crushed morocco elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers raised bands top edge gilt uncut. $15000.An exceptional association copy: the finely printed and beautifully illustrated Vale Press Daphnis and Chloeone of only 210 copies 200 of which were for sale with 36 charming woodcuts in the Italian style by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon with ""T.E.L.""likely in T.E. Lawrence's handfaintly penciled in the upper right corner of the front free endpaper and a note from recipient Charles Francis Bell describing the circumstances in which Lawrence presented this copy to him. Beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt by C. & C. McLeish.""There are works which will never cease to be reprinted and which artists will ever love to illustrate according to their own individual fancies"" Jules Claretie Preface. This classical Greek work whose author Longus has not been fully identified has been dated to the 2nd or early 3rd century CE. Described by one scholar as ""an unknown best seller"" Giles Barber Daphnis and Chloe is considered ""the original or earliest survivor"" of the idyllic/pastoral romance Hardin Love in a Green Shade 1. This large-format illustrated edition is one of the Vale Press' most impressive books. It uses the quaint 17th-century translation of Thornley designed to convert the lascivious tale into reading matter for young ladies. One homosexual passage is left in the original Greek. In the Art Nouveau style the illustrations by Ricketts and Shannon effectively capture Longus' combination of decadence and sweet innocence.Born in 1859 binder Charles McLeish was apprenticed to Andrew Grieve in Edinburgh then came to London in 1890 to work for Riviere. When Cobden-Sanderson founded the Doves Bindery in 1893 he hired McLeish as the firm's finisher. McLeish held that estimable position until 1909 when he left to go into partnership with his son Charles who had apprenticed under Roger de Coverly. Although the senior McLeish was no longer in the employ of Cobden-Sanderson all of the bindings that were signed ""Doves Bindery"" between 1909 and 1921 were actually done in the McLeish workshop. The work produced by the McLeishes was beautifully designed and impeccably executed as evidenced in the present volume. With publisher's scarce four-page prospectus bound in at rear. Bookplate of recipient art historian Charles Francis Bell with his handwritten note regarding the circumstances of Lawrence presenting this copy to him tipped to the front free endpaper: ""This book was bound by McLeish for Colonel T.E. Lawrence whose initials in pencil in his own writing are in the top corner of the opposite endpaper. It was given by him to me at All Souls College Oxford on November 16 1920. C.F. Bell."" Bell 1871-1966 was curator of the Department of Fine Art in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford where he met Lawrence when the latter had brought fragments of pottery into the Ashmolean for identification. The two became friends and frequently discussed their shared enthusiasm for Medieval art and architecture. Although the brevity and faintness of the initials on the front free endpaper make it difficult to verify it as being in Lawrence's hand it is consistent with Lawrence's known practice of initialing his own books.Mild offsetting from woodcuts; offsetting from morocco turn-ins partially obscuring penciled initials in upper corner of front free endpaper binding beautiful and fine. An excellent association copy with distinguished provenance. hardcover