Jean Gutenberg, suivi du Traitté des phantosmes de Nicole Langelier. Compositions de G. Bellenger, Bellery-Desfontaines, F. Florian et Steinlen, gravées par Deloche, Ernest et Frédéric Florian, Froment et Mathieu.
by Anatole France (Nicole Langelier) (illustrated by Bellenger, Bellery-Desfontaines, Florian, Steinlen, Deloche, Froment, and Mathieu). Félix and Elizabeth Leseur association copy
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- Paperback
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About This Item
Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1900. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF FINE PRINTING AND WOOD-ENGRAVING. A livre d'artiste devoted to Gutenberg, illustrated with 15 OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS by Deloche, Ernest and Frédéric Florian, Froment and Mathieu after G. Bellenger, Bellery-Desfontaines, F. Florian and Steinlen. From a total edition of only 113 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 6 COPIES (the best copies aside from the unique copy on real vellum) printed on antique Japanese paper, with two additional suites of the wood-engravings (on Chinese paper and on antique Japanese paper). EACH OF THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS IN THE SUITES IS SIGNED BY THE ENGRAVER. This copy printed for FELIX LESEUR, a French doctor and atheist who mocked his devoted young wife's beliefs until she too became an atheist. She later recovered her faith and, after she died, he became a priest. Large 4to. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY GRUEL (signed) IN FULL JANSENIST CHERRY MOROCCO, with quintuple gilt filets on the turn-ins. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. All edges gilt. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS, inside and out. In the original morocco-lined slipcase. A GORGEOUS PRODUCTION, BRINGING TOGETHER LEADING ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS, AND OF COURSE ONE OF THE GREAT BINDERS OF THE PERIOD. UNIQUE.
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- Title
- Jean Gutenberg, suivi du Traitté des phantosmes de Nicole Langelier. Compositions de G. Bellenger, Bellery-Desfontaines, F. Florian et Steinlen, gravées par Deloche, Ernest et Frédéric Florian, Froment et Mathieu.
- Author
- Anatole France (Nicole Langelier) (illustrated by Bellenger, Bellery-Desfontaines, Florian, Steinlen, Deloche, Froment, and Mathieu). Félix and Elizabeth Leseur association copy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Edouard Pelletan
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- coleillus fine bindings art nouveau
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