Accession number
PML 146466-69
Creator
Lepère, Auguste, 1849-1918.
Published
[Paris] : MM. Jean José Frappa et H. Dupuy-Mazuel, Directeurs du "Monde illustré", [1916?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from t.p. in v. 13.
Vols. 13 through 16 of a series dedicated to the reissue of wood engraved illustrations originally published in the periodical "Monde illustré"; these volumes featuring impressions of wood engravings created during the 1880's by Auguste Lepère, with an introduction by Henri Lavedan concerning Lepère at the beginning of v. 13.
"Cette édition due à l'initiative de MM Jean-José Frappa et H. Dupuy-Mazuel ... Les épreuves ont été tirées sur les bois originaux par F.-L. Schmied ... Les bons à tirer ont été donnés par A. Lepère."--Colophon.
A limited edition of 160 numbered copies on vellum paper; the wood engravings printed from the original woodblocks and individually signed by the artist.
Library has copy no. 30 of 160, being the copy issued to Sophie Élizabeth Maury, with the publisher's presentation postcard addressed to her laid into v. 13.
Plates foldered and accompanied by letterpress guard sheets.
Vol. 13: plates 541-570; v. 14. plates 571-600; v. 15. plates 601-630; v. 16. plates 631-660.
Vols. 13 through 16 of a series dedicated to the reissue of wood engraved illustrations originally published in the periodical "Monde illustré"; these volumes featuring impressions of wood engravings created during the 1880's by Auguste Lepère, with an introduction by Henri Lavedan concerning Lepère at the beginning of v. 13.
"Cette édition due à l'initiative de MM Jean-José Frappa et H. Dupuy-Mazuel ... Les épreuves ont été tirées sur les bois originaux par F.-L. Schmied ... Les bons à tirer ont été donnés par A. Lepère."--Colophon.
A limited edition of 160 numbered copies on vellum paper; the wood engravings printed from the original woodblocks and individually signed by the artist.
Library has copy no. 30 of 160, being the copy issued to Sophie Élizabeth Maury, with the publisher's presentation postcard addressed to her laid into v. 13.
Plates foldered and accompanied by letterpress guard sheets.
Vol. 13: plates 541-570; v. 14. plates 571-600; v. 15. plates 601-630; v. 16. plates 631-660.
Description
4 v., 541-660 [i.e. 120 ] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. (wood engraving) ; 49 cm
Provenance
Sophie Élizabeth Maury's copy; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Unbound plates housed in original gray cloth portfolios.
Classification
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