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(Drawings) – Henri Félix Emmanuel PHILIPPOTEAUX.
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47
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(Drawings) – Henri Félix Emmanuel PHILIPPOTEAUX.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
(Drawings) – Henri Félix Emmanuel PHILIPPOTEAUX. Album of original drawings to illustrate four novels by Dumas published in the edition of his works by Dufour and Mulat: *Les Mémoires d’un médecin*, *Le Collier de la Reine*, *Ange Pitou*, and *La Comtesse de Charny*. [1856–1858]
An Italian-style quarto volume, in very worn contemporary beige percaline, with a handwritten label on the front cover.
106 drawings, in pencil with chalk highlights, mounted on 53 leaves.
Philippoteaux (1815–1884), a pupil of Léon Cogniet, made his debut at the Salon in 1833 and quickly gained the esteem of the general public. A history painter and portraitist, he was also an engraver and illustrator.
A precious album of drawings illustrating one of Dumas’s best-known series of novels.
See original version (French)
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