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an image of a red book sitting on top of a tablethe red book is sitting next to the red book on the tablecyranoo de bergerac illustrations de l ' yvonne valupre despaisa painting of a man with a horse and a dog in a fieldpainting of a group of people dancing in a room with a staircasean image of a close up of a book with writing on ita close up of a book with a black and white titlea menu for a wine tasting in a restaurant
Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN

292 - ROSTAND (Edmond). [VAULPRÉ DEBEAUVAIS (Yvonne)].
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Estimate €150 - €200
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ROSTAND (Edmond). [VAULPRÉ DEBEAUVAIS (Yvonne)]. Cyrano de Bergerac. Paris, Editions d’art Les Heures Claires, 2004. Quarto, 313 pp. Red sheepskin with four-colour mosaic pattern, spine with four raised bands decorated with 12 gilt metal fittings, title page in green sheepskin, covers richly inlaid, gilt head; the volume housed in a half-red sheepskin slipcase, gilt title on the spine, box lined with red sheepskin. (Art du centre, Limoges). 15 full-page colour plates by Yvonne VAULPRÉ DEBEAUVAIS. Drawings and ornamentation by Dominique BUKI. The 12 original metalwork elements of the binding were engraved by Michel VINCENT ‘in homage to Marius Michel, regarded as the greatest bookbinder of the late 19th and early 20th centuries’. Printed in a run of just over 664 copies on watermarked Rives vellum; this copy is no. 44 of 199 (following 15 ‘grands papiers’), with the illustrations hand-enhanced and accompanied by a suite of illustrations.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/11/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 226197 - 186.186
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