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Les Évangiles des dimanches et des fêtes.
See original version (French)
235
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Les Évangiles des dimanches et des fêtes.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €250
Voluntary lot
Description
Les Évangiles des dimanches et des fêtes. - Paris, Curmer, 1864. 2 volumes in-4, publisher's bindings in full red morocco. The first volume is decorated with black morocco scrolls underlined by a double gilt fillet, the whole in a black morocco frame underlined by a double gilt fillet, ribbed spine decorated with black morocco boxes underlined by gilt fillet, double fillet on the edges, large gilt inner lace, red moire endpapers, gilt edges. The second volume is decorated with a gilt fillet frame on the boards, ribbed spine decorated with black morocco boxes underlined with gilt fillets, wide inner lace, double fillet on the edges, gilt edges. Both books with leaves mounted on mitre - minor spotting to the 2 volumes and small tear to the tail cap of volume 2, scattered dampstains and 2 pages stuck to volume 1 and scattered freckles to volume 2 - Volume 1, divided into two parts, consists of [2 pages], and 291 pages consisting mainly of chromolithographs with random pagination (sometimes to the page, sometimes to the page). The second volume (part 3) consists of [2 ff], XXXII pp, [84 ff], 154 pp, [3 ff], 255 pp, [3 pp] and is illustrated with 80 laminated photoglyphs and vignettes in text - Copy numbered 454 for M. Flament (the print run is not known, but must not have exceeded by much the number of 800 subscribers). A spectacular work, one of Curmer's most impressive. The chromolithographs reproduce illuminations taken from ancient manuscripts, with exceptional finish and precision. In addition to the photoglyphic vignettes (Curmer was one of the pioneers of photographic reproduction), the second volume stands out for the quality of its documentary apparatus: notes on the breviary of Cardinal Grimani, which Curmer used extensively for this edition, on the monogram of Christ, on the Dance of the Dead, and on the various painters whose works were reproduced in the work, such as Martin Schon, the Master of 1466, Memling and Foucquet. Most of this volume is devoted to explaining the ornamentation of this appendix. Interesting list of subscribers headed by Napoléon III, Eugénie and part of the imperial family, the Pope, several European sovereigns, numerous French and foreign booksellers, as well as Amédée Achard, Virginie Déjazet, Mgr Falloux, Jules Janin and E. Montégut. A good copy of this remarkable edition.
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Ref. : A0007 - 722
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