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Maître Stéphane PRENVEILLE

158 - CONFUCIUS – Kong Fuzi. The Four Pillars of Wisdom.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Description
CONFUCIUS – Kong Fuzi. The Four Pillars of Wisdom. Adapted by Joseph Pardo – Nice; Éditions d’Art Sefer, Le Chant des Sphères, Monaco; Éditions Arts et Couleurs, 1988–1990 – 2 folio volumes – Colour illustrations within and outside the text, and original colour and gold borders stencilled onto every page by Jean Gradassi - Artistic binding by the publisher: black chagrin for one volume, red for the other, housed in slipcases edged in black and red and lined with matching moiré - Covers embossed in gold and cold-stamped with an Asian motif; central metallic letters, lacquered in red or black on the front covers; bevelled edges - Gold-coloured interior lace edging framing the covers, back covers and endpapers in black or red moiré - Spine with cold-stamped raised bands, titled and adorned with gold - Gilded headbands - A very fine copy, in mint condition, numbered on Arches vellum (no. 1018, total print run: 1,250) - With its two certificates of authenticity - A copy in mint condition of the last work illuminated by Jean Gradassi.
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Auction time 10/02/2026 at 9:30 AM
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