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184325884Paris: Jules Hetzel 1843. Fine. Jules Hetzel Paris 1843 20.50 x 28 cm relié First edition and first printing of the 65 plates drawn by T. Johannot and engraved by Dujardin Brugnot Andrew Best Leloir. Bradel binding in half chocolate morocco with corners smooth spine decorated with two richly decorated double gilt cartouches date at foot marbled paper boards corners slightly bumped marbled endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers preserved. Handsome interior condition entirely free from foxing. Jules Hetzel hardcover
1905b879société belge 1905-01-10. paperback. . Shipped from France. société belge paperback
1905b2096société bele 1905-01-10. MassMarket. . Shipped from France. société bele paperback
19041904SSParis: Carteret 1904. 1st edition. Leather-bound hardcovers by Charles Lanoe. Very - good to FINE/no dj's as issued. L. Boisson. Paris Carteret 1904 2 volumes. Illustrated by H. Giacomeli. The text volume IN FRENCH is a tall 8vo bound in full tan morocco decorated and tooled in gilt and various colors spine with raised bands tooled and lettered in gilt dentelles tooled in gilt and decorated in various colors moire silk endpapers marbled fly leaves all edges gilt. The volume of plates is a folio bound in three quarter tan morocco gilt lettered spine marbled endpapers. Both volumes bound by Charles Lanoe.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Text volume is one of 200 copies on papier velin du Marais a la forme the suite of plates is one of 30 copies.<br /> <br /> Some of the plates are signed in pencil by the engraver L. Boisson. Two volumes exquisitely bound by Charles Lanoe including the rare suite of plates. The work is a charming tale narrated by a bird that deems himself unfit amongst his kind a profoundly philosophical work with layers of meanings. A delightful production.<br /> <br /> Condition:<br /> Foxing to initial leaves and text block edges of plates volume; else fine or nearly so. Carteret unknown
1908320643Boston: Brainard 1908. hardcover. fine. Numerous black & white illustrations with titled tissue guards. 10 volumes. Tall 8vo 3/4 lavender morocco marbled boards ornately gilt spine deckled edges with top edges gilt. New York: Brainard 1908. Fine.<br/> <br/> One of 1000 sets<br/> <br/> Brainard unknown
1937312338Paris: Le Vasseur 1937. Limited. paperback. fine. Georges LePape. Illustrated throughout with charming color plates by Georges LePape handsomely printed by Draeger Freres. 11 volumes. Tall 8vos pictorial wrappers with pale blue marbled board sleeves and matching slipcases a few are somewhat worn. Paris: Le Vasseur 1937. Limited Edition. A fine set with mostly unopened pages in very good or better slipcases.<br/> <br/> Limited edition -- No. 19 out of only 69 sets on Japon imperial with 2 original watercolors signed by the artist 2 brass pling plates from the illustrations an extra suite of 144 color plates and all 144 images printed only in black.<br/> <br/> Le Vasseur unknown
56218E-082. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 4to. Unknown Publisher. 1926. 75 & 26 pgs. Illustrated with Color Plates. Text in French. Facsimile text of the original edition as well as 12 panels with colored lithographs. Printed on Montgolfier paper. Slipcased. Slipcase in matching 1/2 red leather with maching red cloth cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine. Bound in full red morocco leather with gilt titles and design. Silk moire endpapers. Endpapers lightly waved. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This edition of 1926 is adorned with 12 compositions in lithography of DEVÉRIA and GRÉVEDON redrawn colored and erased from the original lithographs and the reproduction in facsimile of the text on two columns and two printed brown paper covers from the original edition. Modeled after George Sand this work gives us a young man named Alcide observing the Countess Gamiani and a young girl named Fanny engaged in their lesbian bed. Having watched them and provoked by their abandonment he reveals himself joins them and they spend the night alternately sharing their intimate histories and their bodies. E-82; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
53473Édition Rélisée par les soins et au profit exclusif des "Vrais Amateurs Romantiques" Groupement de bibliophiles. Henri Pasquinelli 1940. LIMITED EDITION 444/697. 4to. 25 x 19 cm. pp.102. Original wrappers 20 full page colour and 20 full page black and white illustrations plus a further 14 large vignettes by Louis Berthommé Saint-André. A very good copy. Édition Rélisée par les soins et au profit exclusif des "Vrais Amateurs Romantiques" (Groupement de bibliophiles). [Henri Pasqui unknown
1876165587Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1876-77. The best contemporary edition finely bound by a leading Parisian bindery A particularly handsome set of the author's collected poetry plays and prose described by Musset's bibliographer in 1883 as "la meilleure édition de celles qui existent"; here uniformly bound with a biography by the author's brother Paul de Musset. The binding is by one of the period's finest Parisian binderies Lanscelin the reputation of which was notably upheld by the founder's widow. Prior to the 20th century women traditionally entered the book trade as binders printers and publishers by taking over the businesses of their late husbands. Madame Lanscelin achieved particular success with this career path: in 1894 she won a bronze medal at the International Paris Book Exhibit and the jury commended her while acknowledging the additional challenges she faced: "it is difficult for a woman alone to maintain the reputation of a firm whose male head has passed away" cited in Silverman p. 195. 2 works in 11 vols octavo 153 x 85 mm. With engraved plates and woodcut decorations in the text. Title pages printed in red and black with vignette. Text in French. Contemporary red half morocco by Lanscelin spines lettered and decorated in gilt with floral frames enclosing brown quatrefoil onlays sides and corners ruled in gilt marbled sides and endpapers top edges gilt multicoloured silk bookmarkers. A fine set. Clouard p. 10. Willa Z. Silverman The New Bibliopolis: French Book Collectors and the Culture of Print 1880-1914 2008. unknown
1924527261924. DE MUSSET Alfred. Les Nuits. Folio bound in original full vellum gilt edges uncut and unopened in slipcase. Montagnola: Officina Bodoni 1924. An elegant edition of De Musset's poem which traces the emotional upheaval of his love for George Sand from early despair to final resignation. Printed in Bodoni Catania 16 point italic and Cancelleresco 20 point on hand-made paper. One of 225 copies. Scarce. Light wear to slipcase. hardcover
1884EXP3-D-7Paris: L. Hebert 1884. Fine Binding. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". None. A smartly bound collection of works from French dramatist poet and novelist Alfred de Musset. Carpenter edition in French. Collection includes Poesies in two volumes to volumes one and two. Comedies in three volumes to volumes three four and five. Nouvelles et Contes in two volumes to volumes six and seven. Cofession d'un Infant du Siecle in one volume to volume eight. Melanges in one volume to volume nine. Oevres Posthumes in one volume to volume ten. Lastly the rare Biographie de A. de Musset written by Paul de Musset M. Dubouchet and M. Emile Bayard in one volume to volume eleven. Featuring an engraved frontispiece of Paul de Musset to volume eleven. Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay along with his poetry is best known work his work to volume eight La Confession d'un enfant du siècle. People that have been inspired by Musset include Director Jean Renoir's where his film La règle du jeu was inspired by Musset's play Les Caprices de Marianne. As well as Henri Gervex and his 1878 painting Rolla which was based on a poem by de Musset. It was rejected by the jury of the Salon de Paris for immorality since it depicted a scene from the poem of a naked prostitute after having sex with her client - but the controversy helped Gervex's career. Complete in eleven volumes. In half crushed morocco bindings with marbled boards and gilt lettering to the spines. Externally all bindings are smart with very light if any shelfwear. Internally all volumes are firmly bound bright with the odd instance of spotting. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of every volume. Very Good Indeed L. Hebert unknown
1891ST20760-06Paris: Librairie des Amateurs; A. Ferroud 1891. No. 60 OF 62 COPIES ON JAPON from a total edition of 525. First Edition in Book Form. 247 x 160 mm. 9 3/4 x 6 1/4". XVI 64 pp. 1 leaf; 4 pp. prospectus. Preface by Anatole France. <br/> ELEGANT SCARLET MOROCCO BEAUTIFULLY GILT BY PÉTRUS RUBAN stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with plain rule and dotted frame with cornerpieces composed of palmettes acanthus leaves quiver bow and arrows and tiny stars and side ornaments with scallops and torches with volutes and small tools raised bands spine compartments with quiver bow and arrows centerpiece gilt lettering richly gilt turn-ins with scallop roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Printed paper wrappers bound in. Housed in matching morocco-lipped slipcase. With 19 illustrations by Adolphe Lalauze all in two states one before letters. A Large Paper Copy. Carteret IV 301. Spine slightly darkened joints with very minor wear at head nicely masked with dye a couple of trivial finger smudges to the generous margins but A FINE COPY clean fresh and bright internally in a scarcely worn lustrous binding.<br/> <br/> This is a lovely connoisseur's copy of De Musset's satire on worldly clerics that is printed on smooth paper features wide margins and charming vignettes and best of all is adorned with a beautiful binding by the highly esteemed Pétrus Ruban. Bibliophile Octave Uzanne praised Ruban 1851-1929 for taking inspiration from everything around him--flowers birds architecture--and for his facility with colors. He became quite a fashionable binder and mostly worked for the great collectors of the day among them Beraldi Baudin Granjon de l'Espinay and Romagnol. Flety notes that "with a fertile imagination he practices all genres of binding with equal felicity"--a talent that is here directed at evoking the elegant French bindings of the 18th century. Ruban won silver medals at the Palace of Industry and at the Universal Exposition in 1889 with judges at the latter praising his careful study of both historic master binders and modern artists noting that Ruban would "soon achieve the rank he so rightly seeks." He was named an officer of the academy in 1902. First published in "Revue des Deux Mondes" in 1840 this present novella follows the fortunes of a young man who pretends to be an abbé in the glory days of the French ancien régime. Although literally meaning "abbot" the word "abbé" was a term applied to priests usually young who were not affiliated with any church or religious order but acted as free-lance spiritual advisors to the rich and influential. Such men led a life of ease frequenting salons visiting country estates and being showered with gifts by grateful society women. Our hero Cordier "had never opened a breviary" but made a very good life for himself in this role--until the Revolution brought it all crashing to the ground. Alone and impoverished Cordier is rescued in his final years by a bequest from an actress to whom he had giving spiritual and carnal succor. Author Paul de Musset 1804-80 was the elder brother of Romantic writer Alfred de Musset. Though often overshadowed by his more famous brother Paul wrote several works of his own including "Lui et Elle" a response to Georges Sand's "Elle et Lui" regarding her tumultuous affair with brother Alfred. Our artist Lalauze 1838-1906 was a major figure in what Ray describes as a revival of etching as an art form in France. This revival was partly stimulated by the founding of an etcher's society and the renewed interest was carried into book illustration by a number of publishers who specialized in sumptuous editions like the present one. Librairie des Amateurs; A. Ferroud unknown
1953145295Paris: Olympia Press 1953. A near-fine copy of this Olympia Press rarity First Olympia Press edition first printing of de Musset's erotic novel Gamiani ou deux nuits d'excess 1833 translated by Austryn Wainhouse as "Audiart"; one of 750 copies only this one unnumbered and an unusually fresh example of this scarce edition. The Countess Gamiani a young girl named Fanny and a young man named Alcide spend two nights sharing their bodies and their intimate histories which include one's abuse in a monastery and the other's near-fatal debauchery in a convent as well as encounters with a variety of animals including an ape and a donkey. Usually attributed to Alfred de Musset the novel was published anonymously but the eponymous lesbian heroine is thought to be a portrait of his lover George Sand. Wainhouse was an American author and translator mainly of erotic literature who joined the Olympia Press in the early 1950s and for which he produced the first unexpurgated English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Justine also published in 1953. Octavo. Original blue folding wrappers titles in black to spine and front cover. Minor wear to extremities but without loss the wrappers otherwise sound and bright internally crisp; a near-fine copy. unknown
1888267558Paris: Charpentier 1888. hardcover. near fine. M. Bida. 28 engraved illustrations after the drawings of M. Bida. 11 volumes. Tall 8vo 3/4 crimson morocco over marbled boards; ornately gilt-decorated spines with floral pattern top edges gilt. Paris: Charpentier 1888. Some occasional foxing still a near fine set.<br/> <br/> Charpentier unknown
1926303334Paris: Rene Kieffer 1926. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Original signed frontispiece watercolor 20 illustrations throughout the text 10 in black & white and 10 a duplicate image in color. Text in brown and purple. Small 4to beautifully bound in full leather with pictorial stamped front and rear cover in a light and dark brown calf spine a touch faded top edge gilt. Paris: Rene Kieffer 1926. Limited Edition. A near fine copy.<br/> <br/> Number 48 of 50 numbered copies<br/> <br/> Rene Kieffer unknown
99346Paris L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza 1913. . Quarto 300 x 225 mm.; 20 splendid tipped-in colour plates by Umberto Brunelleschi illustrations decorative title in blue & brown and borders in blue; bound in dark blue morocco by Stikeman & Co. of New York covers with gilt-ruled borders and corner-pieces spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands grey morocco doublures ruled and tooled in gilt with small purple morocco onlays cream moiré silk flyleaves signed at foot of rear turn-in top edge gilt others uncut original decorative upper wrapper bound in at end very slight wear to head of spine slip-case a little rubbed.<br /> A handsomely bound example of Brunelleschi's illustrated edition of three works by the French dramatist poet & novelist Alfred de Musset known almost as well for his works which have musically inspired artists ranging from Georges Bizet to Celine Dion as for his relationship with the novelist 'George Sand'. Musset is also believed to be the anonymous author of Gamiani ou deux nuits d'excès 1833 a lesbian erotic novel also believed to be modelled on Sand.<br /> Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, [1913]. hardcover
1865002298Paris: Charpentier Libraire-Editeur 1865 Bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards five raised bands with elaborate gilt panels two spine labels top edge gilt this number 572 of a limited edition Exlempaire No 572.The first and last two volumes are dated 1866 with the rest dated 1865. Leather rubbed in spots. Quite occasional foxing some bumped corners bump at the top edge of text block volume 1. Contents overall fine books overall very good. tres bien etat. Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur hardcover
1879134203Paris France: G. Charpentier 1879. full embossed morocco with gilt tooling on covers and spine. Guild of Women-Binders. 5 x 7.5 inches. full embossed morocco with gilt tooling on covers and spine. Variously paginated. Five Volumes. A set of uniformly bound works by this nineteenth century French dramatist poet and novelist. Minimal edgewear a few spots; a wonderfully preserved set rarely seen in this manner. Fabulous and scarce set of five volumes by Musset bound by the Guild of Women-Binders. Each volume signed by the Guild in their characteristic gilt pallet on front dentelle: "Guild of Women Binders." Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. <BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> Deep brown morocco with tooling in blind with subtle gilt accents and with covers featuring a stippled flower design at each corner in blind punctuated with a single gilt nailhead. Spine lettered in gilt with title and author as well as flowers and heart design in blind with three gilt dots. Dentelles tooled with gilt hearts at corners. Bumped corner of the Poesies Nouvelles volume. G. Charpentier unknown
1876ST20139Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1876. 156 x 90 mm. 6 1/8 x 3 1/2". 2 p.l. 275 3 pp. <br/> LOVELY BLACK CRUSHED MOROCCO LAVISHLY GILT BY SMEERS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with central medallion containing a cypher of initials "L E" and "S E" within a strapwork frame interlacing strapwork emanating from the medallion the compartments formed filled with lacy tooling the background spaces filled with sprays of rose leaves the whole within a border of multiple gilt and decorative rules raised bands spine compartments with central medallion framed by branches of leaves gilt lettering richly gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt over marbling. With frontispiece portrait of the author in two states black & white and sanguine by Henri Pille 1844-97. A PRISTINE COPY inside and out.<br/> <br/> This exquisite little volume containing the final works of famed Romantic poet Musset features a wonderfully elaborate fanfare-style binding by Smeers. Alfred de Musset 1810-57 was still in his teens when he began publishing his popular tales and he found success in poetry fiction and drama. He is generally recognized with Hugo Vigny and Lamartine as one of the four great French Romantic writers while at the same time being known for his tortured and tortuous love affair with novelist George Sand. This posthumous collection of works includes: poetry and unfinished plays; the complete play “L'ane et le Ruisseau;†and a selection of letters to friends and family from over a 30-year period. This was the 10th volume in a collected edition of Musset issued by Lemerre who was known for his publications of poetry. Our copy was bound by Isidore Smeers 1834-96 a Belgian whose career in Paris spanned 25 years beginning in 1865. He distinguished himself among the leading binders of the day especially through the notable work he did for the publishing house of Firmin-Didot. This binding with its profuse and delicate tooling perfectly demonstrates the finesse for which his volumes are known. With little to go on we have been unable to identify for whom this custom binding was executed. The two sets of initials in the central cypher suggest the binding may have been done for a couple; perhaps this book thoroughly beautiful inside and out was given as a romantic gift. Alphonse Lemerre unknown
186592082Paris: Charpentier 1865. Fine. Fine armorial copy in an elegant binding extra-illustrated with 17 chine appliqué plates and 42 Henri Pille plates in three states Charpentier Paris 1865-1866 19 x 28 cm 10 volumes reliés Charming illustrated edition featuring as the frontispiece to the first volume a portrait of Alfred de Musset after the original painting by Charles Landelle together with 28 drawings by Alexandre Bida; one of the numbered copies printed on laid paper.Bound in full midnight-blue Russian morocco spines with five raised bands gilt-tooled with garlands and decorated with gilt fillets and blind-stamped typographical ornaments gilt rolls to the spine ends gilt dates at the foot a few joints slightly split at the head or tail covers framed with quintuple gilt fillets gilt armorial bearings stamped at the centres red moiré silk endleaves and doublures gilt dentelle border to the doublures a few inner hinges split subsequent marbled endpapers gilt fillets to the edges of the boards gilt top edges an exceptionally elegant binding signed by Yseux.Some occasional foxing.This copy has been exceptionally extra-illustrated with 17 chine appliqué plates and 42 plates by Henri Pille engraved by Monziès present in three states.Provenance: from the library of Duke Agenor de Gramont 1851-1925 with his gilt arms stamped at the centres of the covers.A fine copy exceptionally enriched with 17 chine appliqué plates and 42 plates by Henri Pille engraved by Monziès in three states attractively bound in full armorial morocco by Yseux one of the most talented binders of the early twentieth century. Charpentier hardcover
022302Paris 1913 and 1912: L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza. Limited Edition. Quarto. Two volumes presentation copies by the illustrator Umberto Brunellesch. The first volume: La Nuit Venitienne is limited to 500 copies on Japon paper. The present copy is number 307 inscribed and signed by the artist dated 1914 to Morris Kerztein Should have been spelled Herztein. Illustrated with 20 tipped-in full color plates by Brunelleschi with printed tissue guards. Laid in is a two page autographed letter from Margaret Andrews of San Francisco dated 1944 to Sidney M. Ehrman who was to become the recipient of these two volumes. Margaret Andrews acquired them from the late Dr. Herzstein. The letter explains the gift of the two volumes signed by Umberto Brunelleschi Alfred de Musset’s La Nuit Venitienne and Contes du temps Jadis which as she writes:. "were very personal possessions of the late Dr. Morris Herzstein. They came from the San Francisco Costume Ball of 1944. These point to the fine friendship of the Ehrman and Hellman families and makes one believe it is appropriate to request your acceptance for your library for the pleasure of your family and greetings to you for Mrs. Ehrman". Sidney M. Ehrman 1873-1974 was a prominent San Francisco lawyer with the firm of Heller Ehrman White & Mcauliffe. He also served as a regent of the University of California Berkeley whose gift in 1932 of $200000 to the University established a Professorship in the name of his son Sidney Hellman Ehrman 1905-1930 that brought the distinguished James Westfall Thompson to the University. Since his son had just finished his graduate work at King’s College Cambridge he also underwrote a scholarship there. He owned the mansion which is known by his name that was designed by Lewis P. Hubert architect in 1915-1916. It is now owned by the state of California where it has become a state monument. He was a friend of Moshe Menuhin son of Yehudi Menuhin and when his controversial book was published The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time he underwrote the purchase and distribution of 100 copies of the book which was banned in San Francisco bookstores though Paul Elder’s and the Emporium refused to submit to the ban. Many prominent Jews came to his defense though the extreme pro-Zionist elements attempted to censor the book as they did with Ben Hecht’s Perfidy. He also was an opponent of the loyalty oath which drove a number of professors from the University of California to Princeton. The donor was Margaret Andrews of San Francisco. She was a participant and planner of the San Francisco Costume Ball and lived at 1201 California Street in San Francisco. The second volume: Contes Du Temps Jadis is limited to 400 copies on Japon paper the present copy is #290 illustrated by Brunelleschi with 20 full color plates tipped in with printed tissue guards. Inscribed and signed. Both volumes bound in full brown leather flat spines decorated in gilt black leather spine labels gilt marbled endpapers both volumes with the original wrappers bound in and housed within matching slipcases rubbed around the edges. A very nice set. L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza unknown
1905168324New York: Edwin C. Hill Company 1905. One of 58 copies printed throughout on Japanese vellum for private subscribers; this copy is numbered 38. A particularly handsome set. 10 vols octavo 234 x 128 mm. Illustrated with 41 photogravures by M. Bida Henri Pille and C. Delort. Printed in two states; one set in colour printed on plain paper the other on Japon. Twentieth-century burgundy crushed morocco spines lettered and decorated in gilt raised bands twin rule to boards gilt decoration to turn-ins gilt silk moirê endpapers top edges gilt. An excellent set. hardcover
1905151503New York: Edwin C. Hill Company 1905. The complete writings of Alfred de Musset extra-illustrated with original miniature watercolor paintings in each volume. Octavo publisher's exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front and rear panels ivory floral inlays to the spine and panels gilt turn-ins and full morocco doublures stamp-signed by Edwin C. Hill Company with periwinkle red and green morocco inlays silk-watered endleaves illustrated with tissue-guarded plates in three states one being hand-coloured extra-illustrated with original miniature watercolor paintings throughout. One of fifty-eight numbered copies printed on Japan Paper this is number one. In very good condition with small losses to the spine crowns of four volumes. A stunning set. Alfred de Musset 1810–1857 occupies a central position in French Romanticism distinguished by his exploration of emotional subjectivity disillusionment and the tensions between idealism and lived experience. His works including Les Nuits and Lorenzaccio reflect a deeply personal literary voice shaped by the cultural and political uncertainties of post-Napoleonic France as well as by his tumultuous relationship with George Sand. Musset’s style is marked by lyrical intensity and psychological depth often blending irony with sincerity to interrogate themes of love despair and artistic identity. His contributions to both poetry and drama demonstrate a nuanced engagement with Romantic ideals while simultaneously revealing a critical awareness of their limitations. Edwin C. Hill Company unknown
1904ST19375Paris: Librairie L. Conquet L. Carteret et Cie successor 1904. ONE OF 200 COPIES of the text printed on Marais vellum paper this unnumbered copy printed for René Descamps-Scrive; COPY "L. C." OF 30 COPIES of the extra suite of plates designated for Léopold Carteret. 270 x 175 mm. 10 1/2 x 7". 2 p.l. 68 2 pp. <br/> LOVELY CREAM-COLORED CRUSHED MOROCCO INLAID AND GILT BY G. MERCIER stamp-signed G. Mercier Successeur. de son père and dated 1911 covers bordered by inlaid olive green morocco band enclosed by multiple gilt rules inner frame of gilt and inlaid floral vine with 31 inlaid pink morocco blooms 58 pink buds and multiple green leaves raised bands spine compartments with similar border and inlaid floral centerpiece gilt titling SUPERB INCISED LEATHER DOUBLURES signed by Hiard WITH MODELLED AND HAND-PAINTED SCENES showing two birds on branches of berries front and the empty branches without the birds rear iridescent bronze watered silk endleaves marbled flyleaves all edges gilt. In velvet-lined chemise trimmed with green morocco and matching slipcase. With 70 illustrations by Hector Giacomelli engraved on copper by L. Boisson including many repeated arboreal frames and WITH A SUITE OF 29 ETCHINGS AND 29 ARTIST'S PROOFS all signed in pencil by L. Boisson printed on Chine and mounted on heavy paper also with an added copper-engraved portrait of Alfred de Musset on Japon and with FOUR ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS BY GIACOMELLI one signed the other three with a red ink stamp of his initials. A Large Paper Copy. Carteret Illustrés IV 297 this copy. AN IMMACULATE COPY.<br/> <br/> This is a lovely bibliophile's edition of de Musset's philosophical tale of an outcast blackbird illustrated by a leading painter of birds printed for a distinguished collector including a bonus set of plates made for the publisher and beautifully bound--with especially charming doublures--by one of the leading workshops in Paris. A pioneer of the Romantic movement in France de Musset 1810-57 expresses some of his pain over his doomed affair with novelist George Sand in this examination of rejection and "otherness" narrated by a sensitive blackbird who is scorned for his white feathers. The delicate illustrations by Hector Giacomelli 1822-1904 capture both the beauty of belonging especially in the original watercolor frontispiece and the melancholy of separation. These were among the artist's final works. Son and successor to Émile Mercier Georges 1885-1939 graduated first in his class at École Éstienne institute for decorative arts before joining his father's firm; he took over the workshop on his father's death in 1910 and continued the business for the rest of his life. Flety says he knew his craft perfectly and continued the fine tradition of his father whom Prideaux considered the best finisher of his day. Here Mercier has combined delicate inlays and gilt tooling with sculpted and painted doublures inspired by Giacomelli's illustrations. This sumptuous volume has a circular connection to two of France's most discriminating bibliophiles. First it was issued by the bookseller publisher and bibliographer Leopold Carteret 1873-1948 who both produced and collected significant illustrated books. And then it was owned by René Descamps-Scrive d. 1925 who collected beautiful bindings that typified major styles and periods and who was known for his insistence on only acquiring volumes in perfect condition. Finally Carteret catalogued and sold Descamps-Scrive's library after his death. In his renowned bibliography of modern illustrated books Carteret describes this book as "a charming publication especially on Large Paper" as here with "the best illustrations by the painter of birds.". Librairie L. Conquet, L. Carteret et Cie, successor unknown
