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GAUTIER, Théophile. TOUDOUZE. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Deux a…
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137
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GAUTIER, Théophile. TOUDOUZE. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Deux a…
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Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
GAUTIER, Théophile. TOUDOUZE.
Mademoiselle de Maupin. Deux amours.
Paris, Conquet, Charpentier, 1883.
2 volumes, large 8vo, XVI-374 pp. and (6)-373 pp. Contemporary green morocco, ribbed spine, author’s name, title, volume number and date in gold, richly decorated panels, large floral gold stamp in the centre of the covers framing a gold lyre with a border of fillets, scrolls and dotted lines in gold, large gold stamps on the corners, gilt fillets and scrolls, double gilt fillet on the edges, guilloché caps, inner covers lined with red morocco leather with a border of gilt scrolls and fillets, double endpapers of handmade paper, gilt edges, original cover preserved [Chambolle-Duru] (very slight, barely noticeable sun fading on the spines and upper covers, with the gilding on Volume II slightly oxidised; a few light foxing spots on the first quires of the volumes; a few marks on the second endpaper of Volume I).
Description:
A fine illustrated edition featuring 18 compositions by Emmanuel Toudouze, etched by Champollion.
A very fine copy with full margins, elegantly bound in morocco leather and signed by Chambolle-Duru.
A limited edition of 500 copies; this is one of the 150 on Japanese paper (no. 87).
Each engraving is accompanied by two black-and-white plates: a proof with a note, an autograph signature, and a pure etching.
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