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310 - [ILLUSTRE MODERNE]
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Estimate €100 - €150
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Description
[ILLUSTRE MODERNE] VILLON (Jacques)/VAULPRE-DEBEAUVAIS] Works, Paris, Les Heures Claires, 1976 Two quarto volumes (one containing the text, the other the plates) in burgundy half-leather binding Limited edition of 3,450 copies; this copy is not for sale, having been printed specially for Mr Robert Blairon, and features a beautiful dedication page decorated with an illumination by the illustrator Yvonne Vaulpré Debauvais, addressed to the Blairon couple: “I like to think that we shall continue to work together for a long time to come, so that we may create beautiful things for our bibliophile friends”. The volume of plates contains a black-and-white suite and a colour breakdown. A fine copy. Blairon copy Colour separation and black-and-white sequence
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/12/2026 at 2:15 PM
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