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192944148Paris: Devambez 1929. Limited edition. Softcover. g to vg. 1/20. Folio 13 1/2 x 11". 137 5pp. Original glassine over decorative dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Book housed in its original chemise with title label to spine. Chemise itself housed in its matching slipcase. Color illustrated title page.<br /> <br /> Originally published in 1895 "Les Villages illusoires" by Belgian symbolist Émile Verhaeren is one of two works the other being "Les Villes tentaculaires" expressing the writer's growing concern for social problems based on the 'illusory character' of human perception. <br /> <br /> This striking limited edition is splendidly illustrated by Belgian artist Julien van Santen who studied under Brussels engraver Jeff Codron. Our copy contains 50 of the 51 etchings 17 etchings in 3 states as the 17th etching is in two states only.<br /> <br /> One of 20 artist copies after 40 copies on japon impérial 30 on japon and 130 on Vélin d'Arches total edition 220.<br /> <br /> Minor shelf wear and age-toning to spine. Minor and sporadic foxing along paper edges not affecting lettering or illustrations. Text in French. Slipcase and chemise in overall good to good condition glassine dust-jacket wrappers and interior in very good condition. Émile Verhaeren 1855-1916 foremost among the Belgian poets who wrote in French. The vigor of his work and the breadth of his vision have been compared to those of Victor Hugo and Walt Whitman. Devambez unknown
193024172Maestricht & Bruxelles: A.A.M. Stols 1930. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff wrappers lettered in black and red in fine slipcase. Fine. 94 pages. 25 x 19 cm. Limited edition one of 200 this copy not numbered printed in Garamond on Hollande paper. Six original eaux-fortes etchings by Alexeieff. The latter a Russian Empire-born artist and illustrator who lived and worked mainly in Paris. Laid-in a facial portrait of Alexeieff. The author Alexander Pushkin is considered the greatest Russian poet. He was born into the Russian nobility -- dead at age 37 in a duel. As new copy in original glassine. A.A.M. Stols unknown
19259013300Paris: Le Groupy 1925. paperback. Very good condition. One of 575 numbered soft cover copies loose bound with an original etching on the front cover stamped in black and red. Chips and closed tears to the extremities of the wrapper. Interior is clean. <br/><br/> Le Groupy paperback
192639221Paris: Librairie de La Collection des Dix Veuve Romagnol 1926. Henri Le Riche. An outstanding copy of an outstanding livre d'artiste devoted to the glamorous and sensual side of early 20th-century Saigon illustrated with 53 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS mostly with drypoint and aquatint by Henri Le Riche one of the great masters of color etching. From a total edition of 300 numbered copies this is ONE OF 100 ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. This copy includes A A remarque suite also on Imperial Japanese paper of the 36 color-printed en-têtes in first state without text; B A remarque suite of the 17 hors-texte etchings in first state before the reduction of the plates; C A suite of the 17 hors-texte etchings in second state before the reduction of the plates; D The two planches refusées in two states with and without remarque. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS in the original board chemise and banged-up slipcase. <br/><br/> Librairie de La Collection des Dix, Veuve Romagnol paperback
192339215Paris: Aux dépens d'un amateur 1923. A great example of erotica with 16 delicate and extremely obscene hand-colored etchings by Chas-Laborde 15 of which are full-page and hors-texte graphically depicting both heterosexual and homosexual acts having both in the same book is extremely unusual for French erotica before 1950. From a total edition of 260 numbered copies this is one of 250 on fine Montgolfier wove paper. Large 8vo. Original wraps lightly worn. Internally uncut FINE AND BRIGHT. <br/><br/> Aux dépens d'un amateur paperback
1940318481940. S.l. Paris chez l'artiste s.d. circa 1940. Un vol. au format in-4 353 x 252 mm non paginÂŽ en feuilles sous couverture ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs dont le premier plat est occupÂŽ par une large composition gravÂŽe. Tirage unique ˆ 220 exemplaires seulement de cette ''ÂŽdition recherchÂŽe''. in Carteret. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 200 exemplaires du tirage sur Arches ; justifiÂŽ au colophon exemplaire d'artiste et revÂtu de la signature autographe ˆ la mine de plomb de LÂŽon Courbouleix. ''Ce livre contient dont premier plat de couverture 59 planches dont les ornements le texte et les illustrations ont ÂŽtÂŽ gravÂŽs ˆ l'eau-forte. Chaque planche a ÂŽtÂŽ imprimÂŽe ˆ la poupÂŽe en plusieurs couleurs sur la presse ˆ bras de l'artiste. Les lettres capitales ont ÂŽtÂŽ rehaussÂŽes de gouache et d'or ˆ la main''. ''LÂŽon Courbouleix grava ˆ la pointe-sÂche et ˆ l'eau-forte des illustrations pour des auteurs libertins notamment pour l'ÂŽditeur Maurice Glomeau''. in Osterwalder citant la prÂŽsente contribution de l'artiste. ÇÊPrince des poÂtes et poÂte des princesÊÈ Pierre de Ronsard est une figure majeure de la littÂŽrature poÂŽtique de la Renaissance. Auteur dÕune Ãuvre vaste qui en plus de trente ans a touchÂŽ aussi bien la poÂŽsie engagÂŽe et ÇÊofficielleÊÈ dans le contexte des guerres de religions avec Les Hymnes et les Discours 1555-1564 que lՎpopÂŽe avec La Franciade 1572 ou la poÂŽsie lyrique avec les recueils Les Odes 1550-1552 et des Amours Les Amours de Cassandre 1552Ê; Les Amours de Marie 1555Ê; Sonnets pour HÂŽlÂne 1578. Imitant les auteurs antiques Ronsard emploie d'abord les formes de l'ode Mignonne allons voir si la rose et de l'hymne considÂŽrÂŽes comme des formes majeures mais il utilisera de plus en plus le sonnet transplantÂŽ en France par ClÂŽment Marot en 1536 en employant le dÂŽcasyllabe Mon dieu mon dieu que ma maistresse est belle! Les Amours ou Je vous envoye un bouquetÉ Continuation des Amours comme le mÂtre ÇÊmoderneÊÈ de l'alexandrin Comme on voit sur la brancheÉ Second livre des Amours ou Quand vous serez bien vieilleÉ Sonnets pour HÂŽlÂne. Monod II Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrÂŽs modernes 9902 - Osterwalder III Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 419 - Carteret IV Le TrÂŽsor du bibliophile / IllustrÂŽs modernes p. 347. Petite coupe au dos de l'exemplaire. Rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste belle condition. b42961 unknown
1940003000Paris: L.I. Louis Icart 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Pierre Louys adaptation of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan. One of only 4 copies on Japon with extra suites of the 1st state proofs and the 2nd state proofs and the original copper plate used for the etching on page 7. Numbered from II to V. This is copy number IV. From a total edition of 147. With 16 drypoint engravings printed in blue by Louis Icart of which 5 full page and 11 in-text. The etchings were printed by French masterprinter Manuel Robbe. The 32 full page 1st and 2nd state proofs are printed in black. All prints protected by tissue guards. Loose folded sheets in wrappers with silver title. In publishers marbled chemise and slipcase. 23 text pages. Sheets measure 29 x 215 cm. Extremely rare copy with the extra suites and the original copper plate. Spine of chemise a bit sun faded lightest wear to corner tips of slipcase. A very fine copy in collectors condition. . L.I. (Louis Icart) Hardcover
1927D10945Paris: Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile 1927. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Printed wraps with aquatint vignette on front cover; folio 286 x 380 mm; contains 12 loose color etchings of prostitutes of Marseille each one signed in the plate and numbered in the lower margin. Number 47 from a limited edition of 100 copies on Rives paper. Glassine and tissue-guards wrinkled chipped and torn; portfolio lightly rubbed and wrinkled along the edges. Auction records suggest that this copy may be missing a slipcase box or "board portfolio" -- difficult to say. Nonetheless contents are fine suitable for display. A lovely item. <br/><br/> Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile paperback
190939443Paris: Charles Bosse 1909. Louis Toussaint. A PORTFOLIO OF 20 STUNNING LARGE FOLIO ORIGINAL ETCHINGS OF CHARMING PARISIAN SCENES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRADITONAL ARCHITECTURE PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Introduction by Jules Clarétie and 20 large folio etchings. Edition limited to 350 numbered sets. of which this is ONE OF ONLY 30 SETS WITH THE ETCHINGS PRINTED IN REMARQUE STATE ON FINE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Large folio. Loose as issued in original wraps with the first etching repeated on the front cover. A bit of wear to wraps else FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare. <br/><br/> Charles Bosse paperback
192644185Paris: Éditions de l'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile 1926. Limited edition. Softcover. vg. 1/705. Quarto 9 x 7". 220 4pp. Uncut and unopened. Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Tissue-guarded etched frontispiece in two states. Publisher's device on title page. <br /> <br /> "Le Spleen de Paris" is a collection of 50 short prose poems by Charles Baudelaire the iconic author of "Les Fleurs du Mal" The Flowers of Evil. <br /> <br /> The collection was published posthumously in 1869 and is associated with the modernist literary movement. <br /> <br /> This limited edition is splendidly illustrated throughout with 10 tissue-guarded etchings by Édouard Chimot. <br /> <br /> One of 705 numbered copies of which this is No. 622. Some age-toning to glassine. Text in French. Dust-jacket wrappers and interior in very good condition. Éditions de l'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile unknown
195139403Paris: Ambroise Vollard / Georges Leblanc 1951. André Derain. An outstanding copy of this important livre d'artiste illustrated with 33 HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY ANDRE DERAIN. Derain executed the etchings in 1934 but they were not published until this livre d'artiste appeared in 1951. Large folio 45 x 35 cm. ENTIRELY UNTRIMMED WITH WIDE MARGINS IN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT CONDITION. Housed in the original chemise and slipcase. Johnson 184; Rauch 40; MoMa 57; Strachan p. 330; Stern 33. Rare and important. <br/><br/> Ambroise Vollard / Georges Leblanc unknown
196139362Paris: André Dérue 1961. Lars Bo. A STUNNING LIVRE D'ARTISTE with 12 haunting etchings with aquatint by Lars Bo. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies this is one of 150 printed on fine Lana wove paper. 4to. GORGEOUSLY BOUND BY R. MARCHAL signed IN FULL MOROCCO WITH "REPAIRED TEARS" ON FRONT AND BACK COVER IN IMITATION OF THE TORN OVERCOAT IN THE STORY. Watered silk endleaves. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Silk ribbon page marker. Housed in a matching half-leather chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. A WONDERFUL BOOK IN A WONDERFUL and unique MASTER BINDING. <br/><br/> André Dérue paperback
194939175Paris: Maeght 1949. A STUNNING AND IMPORTANT LIVRE DE PEINTRE. The first edition of Eluard's text illustrated with 87 ORIGINAL COLOR ETCHINGS BY ROGER CHASTEL. From a total edition of 196 numbered copies this is one of 148 on extremely fine Lana wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. In this original lightly worn board chemise and slipcase. The Artist & the Book 55; Strachan pp. 116-118 and 328; Chapon pp. 172-175. A PRISTINE COPY OF A RARE BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT BOOK ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT MODERN BESTIARIES. <br/><br/> Maeght paperback
197439138Paris: Les Cent Une 1974. Limited edition. Softcover. vg. 1/122. Large quarto. 100 8 loose pages as issued. Uncut. Pages within printed wrappers in a decorative cloth chemise housed in a matching decorative slipcase. Illustrated with four tissue-guarded original etchings by Jean Jansem this striking edition of Jules Laforgue's "L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune" The Imitation of Our Lady the Moon 1885 is a collection of 22 poems dedicated to Gustave Kahn and "to the memory of little Salammbô priestess of Tanit". Limitation page signed by Jansem and by the President and Vice-President of the société de femmes bibliophiles "Les Cent-Une." One of 122 copies on vélin d'Arches of which this is No. LIX 59. Slipcase chemise wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. About the artist: Hovhannes "Jean" Semerdjian 1920-2013 also known as Jean Jansem was a French-Armenian painter. Jansem's artworks are internationally known and are part of museum collections throughout France Japan and the United States. He was awarded by the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1953 and by the Knight of the French Legion of Honor in 2003. The President of Armenia awarded Jansem a Medal of Honor for his “reinforcement of Armenian-French cultural ties.â€. Les Cent Une unknown
1951299321951. Paris Alphonse Lemerre s.d. circa 1900. Un vol. au format in-16 158 x 97 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 336 pp. 1 f. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein maroquin glacÂŽ cerise plats jansÂŽnistes dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid titre dorÂŽ tÂte dorÂŽe double filet dorÂŽ sur les coupes tranches dorÂŽes dentelle intÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicieuse reliure de plein maroquin. Il s'ouvre sur un portrait-frontispice figurant Barbey par Rajon et recÂle en outre 6 dÂŽlicates eaux-fortes par FÂŽlix Buhot. ''Du point de vue pictural le meilleur de l'oeuvre de Buhot rÂŽside dans les dÂŽlicates illustrations qu'il exÂŽcuta pour quelques romans de Barbey d'Aurevilly et notamment pour L'EnsorcelÂŽe le Diable amoureux de Cazotte aussi ainsi que les Lettres de mon moulin de Daudet. Comme graveur il s'est particuliÂrement fait remarquer par l'expression intense de ses estampes et sa science approfondie des effets de lumiÂre et d'ombre''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. ''Au rang des oeuvres de Buhot les plus dignes d'intÂŽrÂt figurent ces esquisses demeurÂŽes ˆ l'ÂŽtat d'ÂŽbauches destinÂŽes ou non ˆ servir de modÂles ˆ d'ÂŽventuelles gravures''. in Centorame. ''Dans une atmosphÂre de campagne barbare o interviennent des p‰tres jeteurs de sorts et des vieilles femmes hantÂŽes par le souvenir de leurs dÂŽbauches Jeanne Le Hardouey une aristocrate claudÂŽlienne mÂŽsalliÂŽe d'‰me et de corps ˆ un acquÂŽreur de biens nationaux est ÇensorcelÂŽeÈ par un prÂtre l'abbÂŽ de La Croix-Jugan qui a tentÂŽ de se suicider par dÂŽsespoir de la cause perdue et dont le visage monstrueux porte la trace des tortures que lui ont fait subir les Bleus. ÇJ'ai t‰chÂŽ disait Barbey de faire du Shakespeare dans un fossÂŽ du Contentin.È Centorame Les Illustrateurs de l'oeuvre de Barbey p. 48 - SÂŽguin Barbey / Etude de bibliographie critique p. 42 - Boucard & Goodfriend p. 45 et suivantes - BÂŽnÂŽzit II Dictionnaire des peintres p. 385 - Monod I Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrÂŽs modernes 957 pour une ÂŽdition antÂŽrieure. Dos lÂŽgÂrement t‰chetÂŽ. TrÂs rares autant que claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
191252175Essen Germany: Krupp A. G. 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Inscribed to "Max von . in friendship Krupp Bohlen Halbach Herbst 1912" on front free endpaper. <br /> <br /> Folio. 416 2pp. 4 plates 2 foldouts. Original ochre cloth with brown lettering and publisher’s device on cover brown lettering and ruling on spine. Black edges. Title page with publisher’s device. Green ribbon marker. Head and endpieces with drawings and woodcuts by Robert Engels and C. Thiemann throughout depicting factories factory grounds and company products of the manufacturer. Three full page etchings of Alfred Krupp and one of Friedrich Alfred Krupp by W. Conz. Contains twofold color lithograph of the cast steel factory and a twofold color lithograph with plans of Krupp factories from different years in pocket at rear. Text in German. Light water-staining along bottom of front cover and spine. Imprint at rear with light foxing at top near spine and some water stains at bottom of back free endpapers. Krupp A. G. hardcover
1988007027New York: The Limited Editions Club 1988. Limited Edition. Quarter Morocco. Cloth buckram boards and slipcase. Fine. No. 411 of 850 copies signed by Welliver on limitation page. 4to. 33.5 by 24 cm. xiii 93 3 pp. Two color plates with many blank leaves beginning by plates rear. A beautiful production by LEC with text paper made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia Italy and the etchings printed on Arches paper by Peter Pettengill and by Paul and Clary Taylor in Hinsdale New Hampshire. Other than the subtlest hint of sunning to the green leather of the spine the copy is pristine. The Limited Editions Club unknown
1905005958Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1905. FIrst Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled boards. Original wraps bound in. Very Good. A special copy given to Mary Jacobson who was France's fiancee at the time and thus outside the limitation of 300 with qualities straddling two of the limitation tranches. With an original pencil sketch of Jacobson by Chahine. Also all 28 illustrations are rendered hors-texte in two states one being the cancel. 4to. 28.5 by 21.5 cm. 186 pp. Followed by two states of plates. Calmann-Lévy unknown
200055192Rochester New York: The Black Bird Press 2000. First limited edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 29/100. 30 6pp. Original gray cloth with black lettering on cover with small drawings on covers housed in same color slipcase. Half-title with drawing and black and blind-stamped lettering. Signed by poet and artist hand-numbered on colophon. Contains thirty poems and is illustrated with three full page etchings one sepia toned initialed by artist. <br /> <br /> Designed and produced by The Black Bird Press with text hand set in 18 point Centaur and Arrige with titles in Goudy Old Style on Rives BFK paper. Etchings and type are printed by the artist. The edition is numbered one through one hundred. An additional ten copies numbered I through X contain an original graphite drawing. All copies are hand sewn and bound at Olde Ridge Bookbindery Rochester N.Y. Slipcase with very light wear book in fine condition. The Black Bird Press hardcover
1912048515Boston Ma: Bibliophile Society 1912. First Ediiton Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Full Brown Polished Calf Git. One Of 469 Copies Printed For Members Of The Society. A Fine Copy Gilt Brilliant No Marks Signed By Both Macdonald And On All Illustrations By Bicknell. In Near Fine Original Inner Slipcase 1/2" Split Al One Lower Edge Adjacent To Open End And In Near Fine Original Brown Cloth Outer Slipcase With Printed Spine Label Which Is Somewhat Browned. The Slipcases Are Rare Survivals. <br/> <br/> Bibliophile Society hardcover
191339104Paris / Bruxelles: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest & Cie 1913. AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION COPY. First and only edition of this collection of sonnets illustrated with SIX STUNNING and technically accomplished ORIGINAL HORS-TEXT ETCHINGS BY JEAN-JULES DUFOUR very much in the style of Charles Meryon. 175 pp. One of only 21 numbered copies on extremely fine Imperial Japanese paper WITH A DOUBLE SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS on Chinese paper and on Japanese paper this copy printed for Lydia Cutting the Countess of Constantinovitch and her husband the Count of Constantinovich. WITH A SPECTACULAR CALLIGRAPHIC DEDICATORY SONNET FOR THE COUNTESS AND THE COUNT SIGNED BY COUDERC ON A PRELIMINARY BLANK. Manuscript correction in Coudrc's hand on p. 127. 4to. Bound in contemporary morocco elborate gilt dentelles watered silk endleaves. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. The front wrapper features an additional etching; the back wrapper is illustrated with Couderc's ex-libris also an original etching both of these etchings are also by Dufour. Light wear and sunning to binding. Internally clean. A unique item. <br/><br/> Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest & Cie paperback
