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a black book with a red cover on ita black book with a brown cover sitting on a white surfacea book that is sitting on top of a tablean open book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white tablea close up of a wallet on a white surfacea book that is open on a white surfacea picture of a watercolor painting of a townpainting of a man in a boat with a sail on the watera drawing of a man in a boat on the watera menu for a restaurant on a table in a restaurantdrawing of a man in a boat with a sail on the waterthe cover of the book la breree is shown in red and whitea black and white drawing of a boat in the watera drawing of a boat in the water on a pagea close up of a book with a bunch of words on itan open book with drawings on it on a tabledrawing of a boat in a body of water next to a house
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62 - CHATEAUBRIANT (Alphonse de) and FRÉLAUT (Jean). La Brière. D…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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CHATEAUBRIANT (Alphonse de) and FRÉLAUT (Jean). La Brière. Drypoint engravings by Jean Frélaut. A very fine copy in a double-bound edition by Adrien Lavaux, enriched with 6 original drawings by Jean Frélaut (including 3 in colour), an illustrated dinner menu featuring a drypoint by the artist in three states, and a set of 74 black drypoints, all signed and numbered by the artist. Paris, Société des Amis des Livres, 1942. In-4 (220x280 mm), chocolate morocco, geometric decoration consisting of a double blind-stamped band running across the entire binding, 12 panels of caramel morocco adorned with a blind-stamped numeral in the centre of the covers, spine with two broad faux-ribs, decorated with the title and the author’s name embossed lengthwise on a rectangle of the same morocco, linings of the same morocco decorated with a geometric cold-embossed design featuring the same number at the corners, signature “Ad. Lavaux" cold-stamped in the leather, endpapers of textured paper with gilt decoration, gilt head on endpapers, covers and spine preserved, edged slipcase (Ad. Lavaux). 280 pages, 74 black drypoint engravings, including 3 full-page plates and 71 within the text, by the painter and engraver Jean FRÉLAUT (1879–1954). Scuffing on one spine and at the edges. A charming edition of this famous historical novel by Alphonse de Chateaubriant (1877–1951), illustrated with 74 drypoint engravings by Jean Frélaut (1879–1954), one of the greatest French engravers of the first half of the 20th century. Limited edition of 104 numbered copies on Arches vellum; this is no. 23, printed for Ernest Gouïn. It is enhanced by 6 original drawings by Jean Frélaut, 5 of which are signed, all mounted on passe-partout: 3 are in colour (one measuring 170x170 mm and 2 measuring approximately 135x180 mm) and 3 in black (approximately 100x140 mm each). - the menu from the dinner held on 13 March 1943 at the Larue restaurant, illustrated with a drypoint by Jean Frélaut (No. 26/50), accompanied by a double state of the same illustration (first state and state completed before the letter). - a series of illustrations, all signed in pencil and numbered 5/17 by the artist. A charming lined binding by Adrien Lavaux, a Parisian bookbinder active between 1910 and 1937.
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