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six books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacesomeone is holding a book with a drawing of a man in a bedsomeone is holding a book open on a table with a hand on itan open book with a drawing of a dragon on itsomeone is holding an open book with a drawing of a woman on it
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130 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de) & LEMAGNY (Paul), BOUCHER (Lucien).
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Estimate €120 - €150
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LA FONTAINE (Jean de) & LEMAGNY (Paul), BOUCHER (Lucien). Tales and Short Stories. – Fables. – The Loves of Psyche and Cupid. Paris & Nice, published by Éditions de La Vieille France, 1950. 11 volumes (out of 12) in 12mo, in havana-coloured marbled sheepskin, smooth spines decorated in the 18th-century style, with burgundy title and volume number labels. Tales: 2 volumes of text and 2 volumes of plates. Original copperplate engravings by Paul Lemagny. Print run of 964 copies; no. XXXIV of the 64 on Arches pure-fibre laid paper containing, in addition to the sixteen insert plates (for each volume), 16 rejected plates (for each volume, in two states: black and red chalk), one copperplate or one original by the artist (here both), a black-and-white suite and a red-chalk suite of all the plates. Fables: 2 volumes of text (out of 3; volume 3 is missing) and 3 volumes of suites. Original copperplate engravings by Lucien Boucher. A print run of 964 copies; no. XXXIV of 64 on Arches pure-fibre laid paper containing, in addition to the sixteen supplementary plates (for each volume), 16 rejected plates (for each volume, in two states: black and red chalk), a copperplate or an original by the artist (both included here), a set in black and a set in red chalk of all the plates. *Les Amours de Psyché*: 1 volume of text and 1 volume of suites. Original copperplate engravings by Paul Lemagny. Print run of 964 copies; no. XXXIV of 64 on Arches pure-fibre laid paper, containing, in addition to the sixteen hors-texte plates (for each volume), 16 rejected plates (for each volume, in two states: black and red chalk), a copperplate or an original by the artist (here an original drawing), a set in black and a set in red chalk of all the plates. LOT IN STORAGE – FREE DELIVERY TO OFFICES IN THE 9TH ARRONDISSEMENT upon request by email to [email protected]
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