Raffet , son oeuvre lithographique et ses eaux-fortes : suivi de la bibliographie complète des ouvrages illustrés de vignettes d'après ses dessins / par H. Giacomelli ... ; orné d'eaux-fortes inédites par Raffet , et de son portrait par J. Bracquemond
by Giacomelli, Hector (Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet)
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Paris: Bureaux de la Gazette des beaux-arts, 1862. Raffet. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the catalogue raisonné and bibliography of Raffet's prints. XLIII, 341 pp. 793 etchings and lithographs described in great detail, and dozens of books. Edition limited to 300 copies, of which THIS IS ONE OF ONLY 20 LARGE-PAPER COPIES PRINTED WITH LARGE MARGINS ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER ("Hollande"). Illustrated with an etched frontispiece portrait by Bracquemond and SIX PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ETCHINGS BY RAFFET, all printed on chine appliqué (only large-paper copies have six etchings; other copies have only three.) ALL OF RAFFET'S FIRST THREE ETCHINGS ARE HERE (cat. I-III). Engraved armorial bookplate. 4to. Elegantly bound, c. 1900, in half morocco and marbled boards. Original wraps and backstrip bound in. Uncut. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Just a tiny wisp of wear to binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. An outstanding copy of a very scarce book, the definitive reference on Raffet's prints.
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- Cole & Contreras
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- Title
- Raffet , son oeuvre lithographique et ses eaux-fortes : suivi de la bibliographie complète des ouvrages illustrés de vignettes d'après ses dessins / par H. Giacomelli ... ; orné d'eaux-fortes inédites par Raffet , et de son portrait par J. Bracquemond
- Author
- Giacomelli, Hector (Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet)
- Illustrator
- Raffet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bureaux de la Gazette des beaux-arts
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1862
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- coleart raffet
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