[BELMONDO (Paul)] - [VOX (Maximilien)] - THEOCRITE.-Livre Rare Book
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1946520821946 P., Union Bibliophile de France, 1946, in 4° relié demi maroquin aubergine à coins, dos à 5 nerfs, motif "grec" mosaïqué en maroquin rouge à chaque entre-nerfs, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés, 167 pages.
19229749London: Medici Society 1922. Edition limited to 512 copies this #389/500 on hand-made Riccardi paper 2 volumes 4to 20 mounted color plates by Flint sensuously rendering the works of these late Greek poets; fine set in original holland-backed boards paper labels on upper covers and spines; this set retaining its original printed dust jackets lightly chipped at extremities. Medici Society unknown
192214015London Liverpool & Boston: Medici Society 1922. Edition limited to 512 copies this copy #294 of 500 on Riccardi hand-made paper; 2 vols. 4to 20 mounted color plates by Flint sensuously rendering the works of these late Greek poets; fine set in the orig. printed dust-jackets which are faded at the extremities. Medici Society unknown
19423884Lausanne, André Gonin, 1942. 1 vol. en feuilles (238 x 321) de 154-[10]p. Couverture grise, sous chemise demi-toile grise, plats de maroquin blanc, double attache ocre. Petite mouillure au premier plat de la chemise, et curieusement sur une seul litho. Hormis ceci, bel exemplaire.
194619748Paris UNION BIBLIOPHILE DE FRANCE 1946 1 Paris, Union Bibliophile de France, 1946, in-4, en feuilles, sous couverture rempliée et sous étui cartonné marron orné d'un médaillon estampé à froid.
197184375Chilmark Press 1971-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. New York: Chilmark Press 1971. First edition thus. Quarter maroon cloth over marbled boards. Fine in a fine cloth and paper-covered board slipcase. xv 54 pp. "This is the sixth of the Clover Hill editions of the Chilmark Press." No. 113 of 270 copies. Reprint of the ed. printed at Oxford in 1588. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Chilmark Press, hardcover
197141936Chilmark Press Clover Hill Editions 1971. Hardcover. Like New. Clover Hill Chilmark Press New York Large 4to xv iii 54 vi pp. Original brown ¼ buckram with marbled boards printed on paper made by J. Barcham Green. Limited edition No. 127 of 270 copies. An as new copy in matching original slipcase Oversized and Overweight Please email for photos. Chilmark Press, Clover Hill Editions hardcover
1946268663Paris : Union bibliophile de France 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Contained in decorated slip-case. Physical description; 169 p. fig. médaillon en relief à la couv. ; In-fol. Subject; Théocrite. Paris : Union bibliophile de France paperback
19229749London: Medici Society 1922. Edition limited to 512 copies this 1/500 on hand-made Riccardi paper 2 volumes 4to 20 mounted color plates after semi-erotic drawings by W. Russell Flint; fine set in original holland-backed boards paper labels on upper covers and spines; this set retaining its original printed dust jackets lightly chipped at extremities. <br/><br/> Medici Society hardcover books
1922978F39London: The Medici Society 1922. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 11" by 8.5". W. Russell Flint. Illustrated with colour plates here are two volumes of classical bucolic and pastoral poetry translated into English by fairy tale collector Andrew Lang. A limited edition work. Limited editions of the first editions of Andrew Lang's English verse translations of the Idyls of classical poets Theocritus Bion and Moschus. Numbers 402 of 500 copies of each volume produced.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Volume I illustrated with fifteen mounted colour plates and volume II with five mounted colour plates all after Scottish artist and illustrator William Russell Flint.Collated complete.The Idyls of Bion and Moschus are short bucolic poems by the Hellenistic Greek poets Bion of Smyrna and Moschus of Syracuse blending pastoral scenes of shepherd life with themes of love myth and elegy.The Idyls of Theocritus are the earliest and most influential pastoral poems presenting vivid depictions of rustic life mythological narratives and the loves and rivalries of herdsmen. It became the model for later European pastoral poetry. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards with unclipped dust wrappers. Externally fine. Dust wrappers significantly age toned to back strip with sunning to wrap perimeters. Chipping and minor losses to back strip head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with only the odd spot. Near Fine The Medici Society hardcover
194212697Lausanne, Editions d'Art André Gonin, 1942. Petit in-folio en feuilles de 154-[10] pages, couverture imprimée, sous chemise à attaches, titre au dos de la chemise.
1923351Paris: René Kieffer 1923. Limited Edition. Near fine. Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935. 4to 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches 260 x 200 mm; pp. iv 156. 32 woodcuts by Jean-Baptiste Vettiner. Binding by René Kieffer in dark blue crushed morocco title in gilt with ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD-BLOCKS HEIGHTENED WITH GILT AND INSET INTO THE UPPER COVER. Blue striped endpapers a slight one-inch split along the front hinge of the pastedown and ffep top edge gilt rest uncut blue silk ribbon page marker. Original printed upper paper wrapper and unprinted paper spine bound in. This is copy no. 251 of 500 copies. With an ORIGINAL PEN AND INK SKETCH BY THE ARTIST bound in. A beautiful copy of a classic collection of pastoral poems and elegies by the Sicilian poet Theocritus c. 300 B.C. - c. 260 B.C. know for his epic and pastoral works in Greek. The energetic woodcuts that illustrate each of the stories are the work of Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935 a French artist and engraver who studied at the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux moved to Paris and became active in the early 1920s in the Société de la gravure sur bois originale Authentic Woodblock Engraving Society. His work on the Pastorales is considered one of his masterpieces and this copy is adorned by one of the original wood-blocks on the front cover of its handsome dark blue morocco binding by René Kieffer. René Kieffer unknown
1910996Paris Société des "Cent Bibliophiles" 1910 In-4, 280 pp. broché, couverture de vélin remplié. Ouvrage tiré sur les presses de l'Imprimerie nationale, eaux-fortes tirées par Eugène Delâtre.
1923370Paris: René Kieffer 1923. Limited Edition. Near fine. Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935. 4to 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches 260 x 194 mm; pp. iv 156. This is copy no. 7 of the DELUXE EDITION of 50 printed on vélin teinté with the ADDITIONAL SET OF 41 WOODCUTS PRINTED ON JAPON PELURE and mounted at the rear of the book. 32 woodcuts by Jean-Baptiste Vettiner plus the original front paper wrapper bound in at the front of the book and the original paper back strip tipped in at the rear of the book. Dark green embossed morocco by René Kieffer - binder's ticket mounted to front free endpaper - black tooled with a central medallion bearing a classical Grecian crouching female nude surrounded by vines and grapes and with additional decorative motifs that run across the boards and spine; spine sunned and front hinge expertly repaired edges slightly rubbed in places marbled endpapers title in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Occasional foxing and staining in the margins around the mounted woodcuts not affecting images. A beautiful copy of the DELUXE EDITION of a classic collection of pastoral poems and elegies by the Sicilian poet Theocritus c. 300 BCE. - c. 260 BCE known for his epic and pastoral works in Greek. The energetic woodcuts that illustrate each of the stories are the work of Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935 a French artist and engraver who studied at the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux moved to Paris and became active in the early 1920s in the Société de la gravure sur bois originale Authentic Woodblock Engraving Society. His work on the Pastorales is considered one of his masterpieces the ADDITIONAL SET OF 41 WOODCUTS PRINTED ON JAPON mounted at the rear. René Kieffer unknown
194266961942 Lausanne: André Gonin, 1942. En feuilles sous coffret: 24 x 32,5 cm, 154-[7] pp. Ouvrage orné de 20 lithographies originales de MAURICE BARRAUD imprimées en hors-texte. Tirage limité à 220 exemplaires signés par l'artiste et les éditeurs. Celui-ci, un des 20 sur Madagascar (no. 64). Coffret en demi-chagrin marron. Dos lisse avec auteur et titre dorés. Plats recouverts de papier marbré assorti. Exemplaire très frais. État: excellent.
192334494Paris Editions Ren Kieffe 1923 In-4, veau crme orn sur chaque plat d'une composition pousse or la plaque et voquant un arbre, dos sans nerfs orn de quatre larges bandes horizontales et du titre de l'ouvrage pousss or; doublures et gardes de papier beige et noir, tte dore, non rogn, couverture imprime (Ren Kieffer).Agrable dition illustre de nombreux bois originaux de J.-B. Vettiner. Tirage limit 500 exemplaires numrots. Un des 450 exemplaires sur papier vlin teint, reli l'poque par l'diteur.
1971198321New York: Clover Hill Editions 1971. Number 11 of 135 copies signed by the Artist. Hardcover. Good Slipcase is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; spine of slipcase is weakened by splitting; book boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged primarily at the spine; textblock edges are lightly toned/foxed; interior is really clear and crisp; binding is solid; clamshell box is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; etchings are clean and bright. Gross Anthony. Light brown and reddish brown slipcase; one volume with dark brown leather and light brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration; one clamshell box with brown leather and illustrated paper; xv 54 pp.; richly illustrated; 7 etchings. This is number 11 of 135 signed copies; clamshell box contains 7 etchings which include 6 full-page and one half-page. Clamshell appears to have one missing etching; Book contains 7 full-page and one half-page of etchings in bound text volume including the frontis. Clover Hill Editions hardcover
19713707New York: Clover Hill Editions and Chilmark Press 1971 1971. Limited edition. XXI of 135 copies numbered I-CXXXV signed by Anthony Gross and containing a set of signed prints in final state. 330x240mm. pp. xv 3 54 2. Illustrated with eight etchings by Anthony Gross. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lion's Press Cambridge. Brown quarter morocco beige cloth. Line drawing of a bull's head in gilt to upper cover spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Issued loose in a separate box is another signed set of these etchings. Box is brown quarter morocco with marbled paper. Both volumes are housed in a slipcase covered with brown paper and head and foot with brown buckram. The whole is in superb condition throughout. Loosely inserted is the Clover Hill Prospectus for The Story of Cupid and Psyche and a manuscript letter from Douglas Cleverdon to the previous owner of this copy of the Theocritus. Cleverdon established Clover Hill Editions with Will Carter. Before this he was a bookseller in Bristol and a producer for the BBC where he made programmes with Stevie Smith Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath and most famously Dylan Thomas producing the premier of Under Milk Wood. A beautiful copy of this 1971 reissue of the 1588 edition of Sixe Idillia printed in Oxford. Anthony Gross 1905-1984 was a painter and printmaker. He is "best known for his etchings which are characterised by dense decorative line and texture often achieved by the use of unconventional printmaking tools". V&A website. This style is perfectly suited to the heated and claustrophobic Arcadian world of Theocritus's Idylls with its tortured lovers wild animals and wilder monsters. New York: Clover Hill Editions and Chilmark Press 1971 hardcover
192328780Paris: René Kieffer 1923. First edition. Vettiner J.-B. Full brown morocco signed by René Kieffer with narrow inlays in darker brown and a wide gilt band tooled with a pattern of triangles top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. Spine slightly darkened otherwise fine. Matching slipcase. Printed on vélin teinté this is one of 50 copies with a suite of the wood engravings on japon pelure. The 41 engravings in the suite are mounted and bound in at the end. René Kieffer unknown
192328780Paris: René Kieffer 1923. First edition. Vettiner J.-B. Full brown morocco signed by René Kieffer with narrow inlays in darker brown and a wide gilt band tooled with a pattern of triangles top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. Spine slightly darkened otherwise fine. Matching slipcase. Printed on vélin teinté this is one of 50 copies with a suite of the wood engravings on japon pelure. The 41 engravings in the suite are mounted and bound in at the end. <br/><br/> René Kieffer unknown books
1971071688London / New York: Clover Hill Editions / Chilmark Press 1971. 2 Volumes quarter brown leather and cloth gilt top edge gilt in clean bright condition slightly sunned on the spines housed in the matching slipcase number III from an edition of 135 complete with an additional set of the 8 etchings all signed by Gross in a custom built folder matching leather spine and marbled boards. Bearing the library bookplate of Sebastian and Penelope Carter. Signed By The Artist. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Gross Anthony. Small Folio. Clover Hill Editions / Chilmark Press Hardcover
19551911Paris, Maeght, 1955. Un volume in-folio en feuilles, couverture illustrée d'une gravure en couleurs à l'aquatinte et carborundum, vernie par l'artiste lui-même, étui-chemise éditeur décoré de collages de papiers de couleur. - 20 EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES DE GEORGES BRAQUE : 16 gravures hors-texte exécutées en 1932 pour Ambroise Vollard, et 4 gravures réalisées en 1953 : la couverture en 5 couleurs vernie au pinceau par l'artiste, le frontispice en 2 couleurs, la tête de chapitre et le cul-de-lampe. - Tirage à 150 exemplaires numérotés sur Auvergne et signés par l'artiste. Celui-ci le n° 23 signé par Braque. Tirage unique - Conservé en parfait état. - Note historique : En 1931, Braque illustre la Théogonie du poète grec Hésiode (VIIe siècle av. J.-C) pour le marchand, éditeur et passionné de gravure, Ambroise Vollard. Le récit, consacré à la naissance de l’univers et à l’origine des dieux, est considéré comme l’un des grands textes de la mythologie grecque. Entre 1932 et 1935, l’artiste exécute une série de seize eaux-fortes qui seront publiées par Maeght en 1955 : ligne noire imprimée sur fond blanc pour les gravures et, en négatif, ligne blanche découpée sur fond noir pour les plâtres peints et gravés que Braque crée en parallèle. Comme les figures mythologiques et les natures mortes de l’époque, ces œuvres possèdent un style curvilinéaire et propice à la métamorphose. (The Artist and the Book 38). --- ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963). THEOGONIA - the complete set of twenty (20) etchings, title paper, text in Greek by Hesiod, justification, and index of plates on Auvergne paper, watermark Montval, 1932-1955, one of the 150 (n. 23), signed in pencil on the the justification, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, 1955, in mint good condition, loose (as issued), with paper wrappers, within black paper-covered boards and slipcase, with collage design on front and back, title, artist's and author's name on spine. Overall: 18 x 13 7/8 in. (457 x 352 mm.) Condition : near mint, a beautiful copy with the editor decorated slipcase in near mint condition too.
194530232Paris Triade 1945 In-4, box rose fonc orn sur chaque plat d'arabesques de listels irrguliers mosaqus en mme box rose fonc et souligns d'un filet l'oeser beige, dlimitant des mosaques de bois beige ros; rappel du dcor sur le dos sans nerfs portant le titre de l'ouvrage dont les lettres mosaques en box rose fonc sont soulignes par des filets l'oeser beige; doublures et gardes de daim lilas, tranches dores sur brochure, couverture illustre. Chemise, tui (Georges Leroux, 1984).Une couverture illustre en relief et or, un frontispice, 15 illustrations pleine page, 2 bandeaux, 17 culs-de-lampe et 3 in-texte, gravs sur bois par Tho Schmied d'aprs Henri Laurens et imprims en sanguine. Tirage limit 220 exemplaires numrots sur verg d'Arches, signs par l'artiste. Un des 30 premiers exemplaires, seuls comporter une suite de tous les bois sur chine. A figur l'exposition Reliure franaise contemporaine (New York, Grolier Club, dcembre 1987 - janvier 1988, n73, reproduction). De la bibliothque Henri Paricaud (Paris, Claude Blaizot, 1996, n59, reproduction).
