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226 - MAYNEVILLE [Léon HENNIQUE] and MERSON (Luc-Olivier). Chronic…
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MAYNEVILLE [Léon HENNIQUE] and MERSON (Luc-Olivier). Chronicle of the time that was the Jacquerie. Illustrations by L.O. Merson. Engravings by Chessa. Handwritten letters by Cossard. An exceptional copy of this rare publication illustrated in the first edition by Luc-Olivier Merson, one of 75 copies on Vellum containing 4 states of all the plates, in a remarkable lined morocco binding by Emile Carayon, decorated with a very fine incised leather by Gustave Guétant on the upper cover. Paris, Librairie de la Collection des Dix, A. Romagnol, 1903. In-4, chocolate brown morocco, first cover decorated with incised, coloured and gilt leather, signed G. Guétant and dated 1903, depicting a peasant with a club, leaning over a nobleman lying in a pool of blood at his feet, with a castle in the background overlooking a sylvan landscape in autumnal colours, cold-framed ribbed spine, gold lettering, midnight blue morocco lining set in a frame of gilt fillets and foliage, bookbinder's signature "E. Carayon" in gilt lettering, taupe moiré silk endpapers with leafy oak decoration, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, covers and spine preserved, slipcase lined with red ochre velvet (Émile Carayon). LXXII pages, 40 black compositions, including a frontispiece, engraved by Carlo Chessa after Luc-Olivier Merson, and 35 culs-de-lampe. Handwritten letters engraved by Cossard and printed in red and black. Minor rubbing to some nerves and edges. Some foxing to the first leaves and in the margins on the suites, with very little damage to the drawings. First edition of this text entirely engraved by A. Cossard, illustrated in the first edition with 40 compositions by the painter and illustrator Luc-Olivier Merson (1846-1920), etched by Carlo Chessa, and 35 small wood-engraved culs-de-lampe. "The first edition of this fine, highly-rated publication [...] Following a dispute with Calmann-Lévy, owner of Prosper Mérimée's rights, the publisher Romagnol was obliged not to publish the actual text of La Jacquerie and to call on Léon Hennique. The work was published six years later by Blaizot, with Mérimée's text and the same compositions by Luc-Olivier Merson" (Carteret). [Carteret, Le Trésor du bibliophile, livres illustrés modernes - 1875-1945, IV, 275]. Limited edition of 500 copies, this one of 75 copies on Arches vellum, containing 4 states of all plates (N°87). Splendid binding signed by Émile Carayon (1843-1909), decorated with an expressive and colourful composition by the draughtsman and sculptor Gustave Guétant (1873-1953).
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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