Accession number
PML 140674
Creator
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Published
Paris : Imprimé pour Charles Meunier, 1913.
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
"Le texte de cette Edition ... a été achevé sur les Presses de la Société Typographique de Châteaudun ..."--Colophon.
Ed. of 40 copies, including 1 copy on Wathman [i.e. Whatman?] paper containing Robida's original drawings for the illustrations and the engravings in 3 states; 3 copies, numbered 2 to 4, on vélin, with the engravings in 3 states; 12 copies, numbered 5 to 16, with the engravings in 3 states and an original drawing by Robida, bound by Charles Meunier; 24 copies, numbered 17 to 40, on holland paper, with an extra suite of the engravings on chine.
Illustrated borders on each page, hand-colored frontispiece, and 12 hand-colored vignettes within the text, drawn and engraved by Robida.
Library has copy no. 11 on japon paper, with the etched and engraved borders, vignettes, and frontispiece present in 3 different states before letters, including preliminary etchings, some with remarques, and an original watercolor drawing of Philippe and Impéria by Robida, not reproduced in the text, bound in before the half t.p.
Ed. of 40 copies, including 1 copy on Wathman [i.e. Whatman?] paper containing Robida's original drawings for the illustrations and the engravings in 3 states; 3 copies, numbered 2 to 4, on vélin, with the engravings in 3 states; 12 copies, numbered 5 to 16, with the engravings in 3 states and an original drawing by Robida, bound by Charles Meunier; 24 copies, numbered 17 to 40, on holland paper, with an extra suite of the engravings on chine.
Illustrated borders on each page, hand-colored frontispiece, and 12 hand-colored vignettes within the text, drawn and engraved by Robida.
Library has copy no. 11 on japon paper, with the etched and engraved borders, vignettes, and frontispiece present in 3 different states before letters, including preliminary etchings, some with remarques, and an original watercolor drawing of Philippe and Impéria by Robida, not reproduced in the text, bound in before the half t.p.
Description
vii, 37 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (etching) ; 32 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Brown morocco by Charles Meunier (1913) with cuir cisélé panels, chemise, and matching slipcase; original wrappers bound in.
Classification
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