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KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

63 - [CHEVIGNÉ (Count Louis-Marie-Joseph de)]. Les Contes Rémois.…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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[CHEVIGNÉ (Count Louis-Marie-Joseph de)]. Les Contes Rémois. Illustrations by E. Meissonier. A superb copy in a binding by Devauchelle, enhanced by a signed autograph dedication from the Count de Chevigné and 42 proofs of the engravings printed on silk paper. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1858. In-8 (160x240 mm), midnight blue half-morocco with corners edged in gold, spine with raised bands highlighted by a gold dotted line, decoration featuring small gold filigree and mosaics of red morocco on a slate-grey morocco background within a triple gold frame with interlaced bands, title in gilt letters, date at the foot, marbled paper endpapers and linings, gilt edges on endpapers, illustrated covers on blue glossy paper, preserved, edged slipcase (Devauchelle). 239 pages, 1 frontispiece portrait of the author and a portrait of Lavalette, drawn by Meissonier and engraved on steel by Buland, and 40 wood-engraved vignettes after Meissonier (34) and Foulquier (6). Original covers and browned edges, a few small foxing spots, minimal wear to the slipcase. Partially original edition (12 of the 40 tales appear here for the first time) of this collection published anonymously by Count Louis de Chevigné (1793–1876), illustrated in the first printing by Ernest Meissonier, a highly renowned painter of the 19th century, specialising in small historical genre scenes. The illustrations include two portraits engraved on steel by Jean-Marie Buland after Ernest Meissonier, one depicting Chevigné, the other his friend Charles-Guillaume Sourdille de La Valette, beneath which appears for the first time the epistle in verse addressed to him, as well as 40 wood-engraved vignettes at the top of the page, 34 by Meissonier and 6 by Valentin Foulquier. ‘This illustration of the Contes rémois, admirably wood-engraved, will remain one of the finest Romantic works.’ [Carteret, III, 158]. A fine copy, enhanced by an autograph dedication signed by the author on the half-title page and 42 proofs of the engravings on silk paper, pasted at the end. A very fine copy, attractively bound by Devauchelle.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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