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219 - MAUPASSANT (Guy de) and NICK (Gaston). Cinq Contes. La Ficel…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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MAUPASSANT (Guy de) and NICK (Gaston). Cinq Contes. La Ficelle - La Bête à Maît' Belhomme - Le Petit Fut - Aux Champs - Toine. Etchings by Gaston Nick. Unique copy on Japon in bindings signed by Kieffer, containing the 20 original drawings signed by Gaston Nick, a suite with the "bons à tirer", a double suite on vellum, a suite of single proofs in an intermediate state, several production documents (contracts, sketches) and 180 plates in single proofs on different papers. Paris, René Kieffer, 1928. 2 volumes in-4 (220x240 mm), emerald green morocco, smooth spine decorated with circles and sets of gilt fillets forming coloured grids, on the boards a large gilt composition tinted brown, blue, green and violet, large inner frame in the same morocco set with multiple gilt fillets criss-crossing at the corners, "René Kieffer" signature in the leather, red and black textured paper lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilt head on witnesses, cover preserved, bordered slipcase (René Kieffer). 106 pages entirely mounted on tabs, 20 original hors-texte etchings by Gaston Nick. Spine a little faded, minor rubbing on the spine ends, very rare browning in the margins of some plates. Deluxe edition illustrated with 20 original hors-texte etchings by the painter, draughtsman and engraver Gaston Nick. Limited edition of 500 copies, this one a unique copy on imperial Japanese paper, unnumbered, "reserved for the originals and all the documentation for the book" as indicated in a note signed by René Kieffer on the justification. It is enriched with - 20 original signed drawings by Gaston Nick - A complete suite of the 20 engravings with "bons à tirer" from the publisher and the engraver, some with annotations from the engraver indicating changes to be made for the final state - A suite on vellum in the second and third states - A complete suite of single proofs in the intermediate state before steeling - A typescript letter from Albin Michel to René Kieffer, authorising him to produce a deluxe edition of the book and stipulating the amount of royalties to be paid (1 page in-8) - A L.A.S. from Gaston Nick to René Kieffer, dated 16 March 1926, concerning the illustration he undertook to produce and for which he waived all copyright. - 3 pencil sketches of the title page, 2 of which annotated by René Kieffer - A proof by René Kieffer of the binding design - A suite in first, second and third states of all the plates on satin, parchment and coarse vellum prints, i.e. 180 plates in single proofs in a separate volume.
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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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