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Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes

496 - A collection of modern illustrated books published by Les Fr…
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Estimate €250 - €350
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A collection of modern illustrated books published by Les Francs Bibliophiles. 1/ - Chateaubriand - Diaz, Gérard. - *Voyage en Italie*. Letter to Mr Joubert. 1977. Oblong quarto in black percaline with laces, publisher’s slipcase, title on the spine (bound by Duval) – [26 ff.]. Text set in 10-point typewriter type, and 18 original intaglio engravings by Diaz (3 double-page plates, including 1 in colour, 6 full-page plates and 9 inside plates, including 2 double-page plates). Printed in a run of 170 copies (no. 5, inscribed). 2/ - Van Gogh, Vincent - Collin, Pierre. - A Link in the Chain. Extracts from the correspondence of V. Van Gogh. 1990. Folio in loose sheets with a stamped title cover, bound, in a box with flaps and laces by Bernard Duval (water stain on the percaline with a red mark on the endpaper) – [35 ff.], including 17 engravings by Collin (9 full-page plates, 4 of which are double-page spreads; 7 half-page plates, 2 of which are double-page spreads; 1 tailplate). A print run of 167 copies produced to mark the centenary of Van Gogh’s death (1880–1980), this one bearing a name (no. 127). 3/ - Mahler, Gustav - Wong Moo Chew. - The Song of the Earth. 1983. Large oblong quarto, loose-leaf in a plain cover with flaps, in the publisher’s slipcase. Juxtaposed text in German and French – [32 folios in total], including 12 intaglio engravings by Wong Moo Chew. A print run of 170 copies (no. 9, numbered and signed by the artist). Also included: 4/ - Chateaubriand - Lalau, Maurice. - *Atala*. Paris, Published at the Expense of a Group of Bibliophiles, 1932. In-4 in loose sheets with a filled cover (spine missing), slipcase and case in need of restoration - 148 pp., [4 pp.]. Illustrated with a title vignette, 25 colour interior plates and 6 monochrome end-plate illustrations by Lalau. A print run of 120 copies on Rives vellum; this is one of the 100 (no. 49).
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Auction time 10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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