Accession number
TMP 2023-96.38
Published
Paris : Gustave Pellet, 1898
Credit line
Promised gift of Davida Deutsch in memory of Alvin Deutsch.
Notes
Illustrated with 13 prints executed in etching and aquatint by Legrand, including the cover design; 9 of them full-page illustrations, and 4 of them published with text and included in the volume's pagination; with 200 photomechanical textual illustrations, including head- and tailpieces, initials, vignettes, and small halftones after designs by Legrand.
Edition of 160 numbered copies.
A large paper copy, hors commerce, on japon paper, with Legrand's etchings in 3 states.
"Par Chamerot et Renouard pour Gustave Pellet à Paris."--Colophon.
Edition of 160 numbered copies.
A large paper copy, hors commerce, on japon paper, with Legrand's etchings in 3 states.
"Par Chamerot et Renouard pour Gustave Pellet à Paris."--Colophon.
Description
2 unnumbered leaves, 201 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27.2 x 20.8 cm
Provenance
Exlibris of Carlo De Poortere; from the collection of Davida Deutsch.
Binding
Incised aubergine morocco with elaborate spider and web design on front, vegetal skull on back, floral poppy leather mosaic doublures with color onlays, by Charles Meunier, 1907; original wrappers bound in; with matching chemise and slipcase.
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