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several old books are lined up in a row on a white surfacean old book with a drawing of a woman on a swingdrawing of a woman sitting in front of a mirror looking at a clockan old book with a drawing of a woman on a flying birddrawing of a woman with an umbrella walking in the rainan open book with a drawing of a woman in a dressan old book with a drawing of a woman holding a babyan open book with a drawing of a woman laying on a beddrawing of a woman in a dress sitting on a chair with birds flying around hera book with a picture of a woman in a dress and a birddrawing of a group of people standing in a room with hats on
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1068 - BOUTET (Henri). A fine set of 7 almanacs: - [Second year] 18…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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BOUTET (Henri). A fine set of 7 almanacs: - [Second year] 1887. In-16 Bradel, half-cloth in grey with corner pieces, title label, colour illustrations on the cover preserved (contemporary binding). Illustrations within and outside the text. Copy no. 71 on Japanese paper. - Third year. 1888. In-16 Bradel, grey half-cloth with corner pieces, title label, colour illustrated covers preserved (contemporary binding). Illustrations within and outside the text. Copy no. 80 on Japanese paper. - Fifth year, 1890. In-16, colour-illustrated cardboard binding in a slipcase. Illustrations within and outside the text. One side of the slipcase missing. - Sixth year, 1891. In-16, colour-illustrated cardboard binding in a slipcase. Illustrations within and outside the text. Loose binding. - Seventh year, 1892. In-16, colour-illustrated cardboard binding in a slipcase. Illustrations within and outside the text. Loose binding. - Eighth year, 1893. In-16 hardback, colour-illustrated, in a slipcase. Illustrations within and outside the text. - Ninth year, 1894. In-16 hardback, colour-illustrated, in a slipcase. Illustrations within and outside the text. First published under the title *Calendrier parisien* for the Conquet bookshop in 1886, these “small, elegant, graceful and very feminine almanacs bear witness to a very genuine artistic sensibility” (Grand-Carteret). The early volumes are illustrated with a dozen drypoint engravings depicting mainly Parisian women, the artist’s favourite subject. From 1890 onwards, the techniques varied and the full-page compositions were accompanied by vignettes in black or colour within the text.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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