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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2003 Oct 11 @ 13:00UTC+1
BOUILHET, Louis.- Melaenis [Conte romain]. Préface de A. Join-Lambert. Évreux, Charles Hérissey, 1900. Gr. in-8°. Relié par Canape en 1901 : plein maroquin rouge cerise, plats ornés d'un cadre d'inspiration grecque mêlée d'Art Nouveau fait de listels de maroq. vert olive, dos à nerfs et caissons ornés de même, doublures de maroq. bleu marine serties d'une roulette dorée et de filets dorés, gardes volantes et doubles gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées, couv. et dos cons. Sous chemise en demi-maroq. rouge cerise à rabats et étui.
11 aquarelles de Paul Gervais traduites en gravure par Bertrand et mises en couleurs au repérage : frontispice, vignette à la dédicace, 3 bandeaux, 3 hors-texte et 3 culs-de-lampe.
Première et unique édition illustrée tirée à 140 ex. num. sur vélin du Marais (n° 39 marqué "ex. de collaborateur" et signé par l'éditeur). In fine, se trouve la "Notice sur les variantes manuscrites de Bouilhet et sur les corrections de Flaubert".
Exemplaire enrichi de :
- 3 lettres autographes signées : (1).- De W. de la Germonière, président de la Soc. Normande du livre illustré, s.d., à un destinatire non identifié : il remercie la critique qui accueille la sortie de Melaenis.-- (2 & 3).- De Join-Lambert, 9-6-1900 et 16-7-1900 : remerciements.
Provenances : ex-libris armorié non identifié sur maroq. rouge; monogramme AC surmontant la signature de Canape sur le contreplat sup.
Bel exemplaire bien relié. 480 650 Euros
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