Accession number
PML 140595
Published
Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1869.
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Each plate preceded by leaf of text (title on recto, sonnet on verso).
Title within ornamental border.
Collection sonnets illustrated by 42 etchings by 42 different artists, including contributions by Seymour Haden, Corot, Millet, Manet, Daubigny, Victor Hugo, and others.
350 copies printed on laid paper, 12 copies of Whatman, 12 on China, and 4 on japan.
Library's copy is one of 350 on laid paper.
"Ce livre, imprimé par J. Claye pour Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur, a été terminé le 20 décembre 1868. Ornements dessinés par M. E. Renard & gravés par M. Prunaire. Eaux-fortes imprimées par M. Salmon"--Colophon.
Title within ornamental border.
Collection sonnets illustrated by 42 etchings by 42 different artists, including contributions by Seymour Haden, Corot, Millet, Manet, Daubigny, Victor Hugo, and others.
350 copies printed on laid paper, 12 copies of Whatman, 12 on China, and 4 on japan.
Library's copy is one of 350 on laid paper.
"Ce livre, imprimé par J. Claye pour Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur, a été terminé le 20 décembre 1868. Ornements dessinés par M. E. Renard & gravés par M. Prunaire. Eaux-fortes imprimées par M. Salmon"--Colophon.
Description
[47] leaves, [42] leaves of plates : ill. (etching) ; 37 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
3/4 red morocco, original japan vellum wrappers bound in.
Classification
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Department