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CLAUDEL (Paul). Knowledge of the East.
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CLAUDEL (Paul). Knowledge of the East.
See original version (French)
Lot no. 96
CLAUDEL (Paul).
Knowledge of the East.
Peking: for Georges Crès et Cie, 1914. - 2 volumes, elongated 288 x 178 in-8, sewn in the Chinese style, in double-flap cardboard portfolio (known as "t'ao") covered with old Chinese brocaded silk, lined with Korean silk (sewing and publishing portfolio).
Third edition. It was published by Victor Segalen in the "Collection Coréenne", which he edited in Peking on behalf of Editions Crès.
In their bibliography of Paul Claudel's works, Benoist-Méchin and Blaizot report on page 38 that the author said in a conversation: "Although it is not the original edition, I consider the magnificent Korean edition of 'Connaissance de l'Est' to be the true canonical edition of this work.
The ornamentation of this work owes much of its charm and authenticity to those close to Victor Segalen. The Chinese calligraphy of the title, finely engraved on wood and embossed in black, interacts with a cinnabar seal affixed by hand - the emblematic mark of the publisher Georges Crès. The sixty-one wood-engraved lettrines that punctuate the text, based on drawings by Auguste Gilbert de Voisins, are enhanced by red ink seals chosen by Jean Lartigue and hand-stamped, some repeating themselves with calculated harmony.
Limited edition of 630 copies, this being one of 30 numbered copies on Tribut de Corée paper (no. 27).
This copy was exhibited in the Victor Segalen exhibition at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, October-December 1999), where it appeared under No. 101 with a reproduction.
Portfolio's silk a little rubbed with tears at the jaws and corners, bone and silk clasps missing, second volume with crease and seam threads without missing on the covers at the edge of the headpieces.
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- ANOTHER COPY OF THE SAME WORK. 2 elongated in-8 volumes, 288 x 178, folded and sewn in the Chinese style, in double-flap cardboard portfolio (known as "t'ao") covered with blue silk, lined with Korean laid paper (sewing and publishing portfolio).
One of 30 copies on Korean mother-of-pearl laid paper (no. 36), the second paper after the 30 on Tribut paper.
Portfolio silk a little rubbed with slightly sunned spines, second volume with crease and cut seam threads without missing on covers at edge of lower headpieces.
- MARDRUS (Jean Charles). Des Contes des mille nuits et une nuits. Histoire d'Aladdin et de la lampe magique. Peking: for Georges Crès & Cie, 1914. - 2 volumes, elongated in-8, 288 x 178, printed, folded and sewn in the Chinese style, in a double-flap cardboard portfolio (known as a "t'ao") covered with green silk and lined with peeling laid paper, with two bone and silk clasps (publisher's portfolio).
Second edition of Jean-Charles Mardrus's translation of the tale of Aladdin, printed in the Chinese tradition on the Pei-t'ang press. It includes 2 hand-applied cinnabar seals, the speaking mark of the publisher Georges Crès and a seal in Arabic characters.
This work is the third and final volume of the "Korean Collection" compiled under the direction of Victor Segalen, following on from Stèles and Connaissance de l'Est.
Limited edition of 630 copies. One of 30 copies on vergé nacré de Corée (no. 45), the second paper after the 30 on Tribut paper.
Spine of portfolio faded and silk a little rubbed.
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