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264 - RENARD (Jules) and LOBEL-RICHE (Alméry). *Poil de Carotte*. …
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RENARD (Jules) and LOBEL-RICHE (Alméry). *Poil de Carotte*. Text and original engravings by Lobel-Riche. A very fine copy in a double binding by Léon Gruel, one of the first 150 on Japanese paper, comprising three states of the original etchings by Lobel-Riche. Paris, A. Romagnol, Librairie de la Collection des Dix, 1911. Quarto (210x290 mm), full chocolate morocco, sets of four blind-stamped fillets on the covers, spine with four false ribs decorated in the same style, wide inner border of the same morocco leather set within a frame of red morocco leather strips, blind-stamped and intersecting at the corners, squares of the same morocco leather framed by a gold fillet and a decoration of irregular cold-stamped fillets and gold dots in the corners, ‘Gruel’ signature in the leather, linings of the same red morocco leather set with a double gold frame, chocolate-coloured silk endpapers, gilded head on endpapers, covers and spine preserved, edged slipcase (Gruel). 282 pages, 52 original etchings by Lobel-Riche, including a portrait of the author as a frontispiece and 51 illustrations in the text, 13 of which are full-page. Spine very slightly faded, slight scuffing at the corners, original cover tarnished, slight wear to the slipcase. A luxurious edition of Jules Renard’s famous autobiographical novel, illustrated in the first print run with 52 etchings by Alméry Lobel-Riche (1877–1950), painter, engraver, and one of the greatest illustrators in French bibliophilia. "A very fine, highly rated publication, which deserves even more attention, as it proves that, even without colour, a highly talented engraver such as Lobel-Riche is capable of producing a work of great satisfaction with original black etchings" [Carteret, Trésor du bibliophile, illustrés modernes 1875-1945, Vol. IV, p. 338.]. Limited edition of 350 numbered copies, this one being one of the first 150 copies on Japanese paper or vellum (No. 52, on Japanese paper), comprising three states of the engravings: the pure etching, the final state with remarks, the final state with the letter for the headings and before the letter for the plates. Attractive binding, elegantly lined by Léon Gruel (1841–1923).
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